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Any document intends to change when it changed from one version to another.
For example your client sent you an image for use in a poster printing design. Then these tools will be very much helpful. Some time you have to compare and analyze your documents when needed. This article help you with 10 Important Document and File Comparison Tools for Developers.
Active File Compare
Active File Compare is an advanced utility for the comparison and synchronization of any text files in visual mode, it reports the results of the comparison in two side-by-side windows on the screen, the differing lines being marked with special color icons.
Compare It! 4
New version of Compare It! makes your file compare and file merge tasks even easier! With multitude of new features you can quickly visually identify differences between files, merge them with single click, and print/publish your work without any problems!
Meld
Meld is a visual diff and merge tool targeted at developers. Meld helps you compare files, directories, and version controlled projects. It provides two- and three-way comparison of both files and directories, and has support for many popular version control systems.
Meld helps you review code changes and understand patches. It might even help you to figure out what is going on in that merge you keep avoiding.
Diffuse
Diffuse is a small and simple text merge tool written in Python. With Diffuse, you can easily merge, edit, and review changes to your code. Diffuse is free software.
UltraCompare
UltraCompare Professional is folder/file compare utility loaded with features to enable you to compare text files and folders, word documents, and even zip files and jar archives. UltraCompare includes text compare, binary file compare with the capability to merge differences between compared files.
Pretty Diff
This tool is written entirely in JavaScript and it can also beautify and minify HTML.
DiffMerge
DiffMerge is an application to visually compare and merge files within Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
Devart
Devart proudly presents Code Compare – an advanced visual file comparison tool and a major step forward in source code comparison. Our programmer-to-programmer philosophy ensures that both freeware Code Compare and powerful Code Compare Pro software are tailored to perfectly meet your needs in change tracking and file merging.
Araxis
Merge is the visual file comparison (diff), merging and folder synchronization application from Araxis. Use it to compare and merge source code, web pages, XML and other text files with native application performance. Directly open and compare the text from Microsoft Office (Word and Excel), OpenDocument, PDF and RTF files. Compare images and binary files. Synchronize folders. Perform code reviews and audits. Work with folder hierarchies containing thousands of files.
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