WinMerge

WinMerge

Open-source differencing and merging tool

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Overview

WinMerge is an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows. WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle.


WinMerge

Features

WinMerge is highly useful for determining what has changed between project versions, and then merging changes between versions. WinMerge can be used as an external differencing/merging tool or as a standalone application.

In addition, WinMerge has many helpful supporting features that make comparing, synchronising, and merging as easy and useful as possible:

General

  • Supports Microsoft Windows XP or newer.
  • Handles Windows, Unix and Mac text file formats.
  • Unicode support.
  • Tabbed interface.

File Compare

  • 3-way File Comparison New!
  • Visual differencing and merging of text files.
  • Flexible editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers and word-wrap.
  • Highlights differences inside lines.
  • Difference pane shows current difference in two vertical panes.
  • Location pane shows map of files compared.
  • Moved lines detection.

Folder Compare

  • Regular Expression based file filters allow excluding and including items
  • Fast compare using file sizes and dates
  • Compares one folder or includes all subfolders
  • Can show folder compare results in a tree-style view
  • 3-way Folder Comparison Work in progress

Image Compare

  • Support many types of images.
  • Can highlight the differences with blocks.
  • Overlaying of the pictures is possible.

Version Control

  • Creates patch files (Normal-, Context- and Unified formats).
  • Resolve conflict files.

Other

  • Shell Integration (supports 64-bit Windows versions).
  • Archive file support using 7-Zip.
  • Plugin support.
  • Localizable interface.
  • Online manual and installed HTML Help manual.

Additional information

  • Version
    2.16.24
  • Last update
    2022-11-10
  • Downloads
    565
  • License
    Free
  • Size
    8.3MB
  • Requires
    Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10