API / Editor Features
| Name | GUI | CLI | Scripting | Horizontal / Vertical | Syntax Highlighting | Reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Araxis Merge | Yes | Yes | Yes | both | since Araxis Merge 2007 | XML, HTML, Slideshow, diff |
| Beyond Compare | Yes | Yes | Yes | both | Yes | XML, HTML, CSV, Text, Unix Patch |
| Code Compare | Yes | Yes | both | Yes | ||
| Compare++ | Yes | Yes | both | Yes | HTML, Text(combined or side-by-side) | |
| diff | No | Yes | horizontal | |||
| diff3 | No | Yes | horizontal | |||
| Eclipse Compare | Yes | vertical | Yes | |||
| Ediff | Yes | Yes | elisp | both | Yes | |
| ExamDiff Pro | Yes | Yes | optional | Yes | UNIX, HTML, Diff | |
| fc | No | Yes | horizontal | |||
| FileMerge | Yes | Yes | vertical | Yes | No | |
| Guiffy SureMerge | Yes | Yes | both | Yes | HTML | |
| IntelliJ IDEA Compare | Yes | vertical | Yes | |||
| jEdit JDiff plugin | Yes | both | Yes | |||
| Kompare | Yes | vertical | No | |||
| Lazarus Diff | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Meld | Yes | horizontal | Yes | No | ||
| Perforce P4Merge | Yes | Yes | vertical | No | No | |
| Pretty Diff | Yes | Yes | JavaScript | Both | No | XHTML |
| Tkdiff | Yes | |||||
| Total Commander Compare | Yes | optional | ||||
| vimdiff | Yes | Yes | vim script | both | Yes | HTML |
| WinDiff | Yes | Yes | horizontal | No | ||
| WinMerge | Yes | Yes | vertical | Yes | CSV, Tab-delimited, HTML, XML | |
| UCC | Yes | Yes | vertical | Yes | Text, CSV | |
| Name | GUI | CLI | Scripting | Horizontal / Vertical | Syntax Highlighting | Reports |
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