Diffinity

[Native2904]

Hello,
I’d like to introduce you to a really nice piece of free software that can fill a small gap in XYplorer — although I’m not 100% sure whether this is actually not possible with XYplorer!

With this tool, many different formats can be compared, and changes can be transferred manually in a very convenient way.

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Diffinity

[eil]

Just a little IMHO/review.
The good things:
+ it's free
+ supports Win7 (for now)
The bad things:
- it's limited to only folders and text files compare
- it's based on .NET 8

Overall, probably a good tool when you have quite new PC and need free utility.
Just as a side note, not an advertisement simply to mention a competitor, i've being using Beyond Compare for years = it's paid, but has more compare abilities(like images, hex, audio), and standalone.

[Native2904]

Hi, i have read often about Beyond Compare,
It’s a big name.
I was actually looking for a tiny little tool to compare TXT files from XYtoolbar.
When I find software like this - free, lightweight, portable, and doing a great job for exactly what I need -and I have never read about this before - I feel like I’ve just discovered Bumblebee from Transformers.

[matewo]

Hi,

may I add some more tools (for Win):

• Winmerge - FOSS
• KDiff3 - FOSS
• Meld - FOSS?
• DiffMerge - free
• Direct(ory)Compare Pro - free and paid
• ExamDiff (Pro) - paid

You might also have a look into

https://alternativeto.net/software/diffinity/

Best regards Markus

[WirlyWirly]

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Just as a side note, not an advertisement simply to mention a competitor, i've being using Beyond Compare for years = it's paid, but has more compare abilities(like images, hex, audio), and standalone.

I just had to merge in some code from a contributor who didn't submit a proper pull-request, so I was looking for a tool that would let me view the changes and quickly transfer in the ones I wanted.

BeyondCompare was great, it has a clean interface and I did what I needed to right away, no configuring anything. I compare images from time to time, so I suspect to be using it for that more than actual text. Since there's a portable installation, I saw no reason not to get myself a license

Thanks for the recommendation

[admin]

I have used this custom file association for many years to compare the current file with the file on the clipboard:

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|"WinMerge (clip / cur)" *>"C:\Program Files (x86)\WinMerge\WinMergeU.exe" "<clipboard>" "<curitem>"