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Looking for something like to Beyond Compare: http://www.scootersoftware.com/

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Free Options:

  • Meld — available via Fink, haven't tried it yet but is actively developed.
  • KDiff3 — works well for me, very functional for its price!
  • Diffmerge — bit clunky UI, but certainly very useful for the price!
  • Synkron - only does folder syncing.
  • FileMerge - apart of the Xcode suite of developer tools, free with apple user account.

Paid:

  • DeltaWalker — very nice from my trial.
  • Araxis Merge — also good, I slightly prefered Deltawalker when demoing both, and Araxis is very expensive.
  • Changes — Nice UI (most Mac-like), but file diff algorithm a bit weak compared to others. Integrates with textmate and my dCVS, Bazaar.
  • ECMerge — I have no experience with this, but it seems to offer a feature set consistent with the other commercial apps.
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Araxis Merge looks pretty good.

File comparison:

File comparison

Folder comparison:

Folder comparison

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+1 Its a great application, even though it has changed very little over the past 9 years or so. – Nippysaurus Aug 28 '09 at 12:30
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For those kind of operations I recommend Changes.app

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What's wrong with FileMerge? /Developer/Applications/Utilities/FileMerge

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Does Filemerge offer full directory comparison, as well as within-line and 3-way diff that the software the original posters asked about? – The Tentacle Aug 28 '09 at 16:25
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Apparently FileMerge can do directory comparison: macworld.com/article/49584/2006/03/cmpfldr.html The original poster wasn't specific as to what features of Beyond Compare he needed/wanted, e.g. he didn't actually state whether he needs/wants three-way diff/merge. – las3rjock Aug 28 '09 at 17:21
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Note that you need to install XCode to get this tool. developer.apple.com/technologies/tools – slhck Jan 5 at 11:06
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Kaleidoscope its a beautiful application for compare files , images, folders although it is not free

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Kaleidoscope looks good, can it compare entire folders? – Justin Tanner Mar 2 '11 at 15:30
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No - Kaleidoscope currently cannot compare entire folders (or folder trees). – moobaa May 17 '11 at 0:39
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I like xxdiff (freeware) on Linux, though have never used it on Mac OS X.

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I've been using BBEdit for about fifteen years (whenever the betas for 1.0 came out), and I've been pretty happy with it. Sadly, it doesn't do a three-way merge, but it does do pairs of folders/files pretty well. It's not the prettiest UI, but it works on text files like a bandit.

Oh, and I can't add an additional comment to @Justin's question on Kaleidoscope, but the answer is a definitive "NO" on comparing folders.

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