Location pane shows map of files compared.

Difference pane shows current difference in two vertical panes.

Flexible editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers and word-wrap.

Visual differencing and merging of text files.

Handles Windows, Unix and Mac text file formats.

Supports Microsoft Windows XP SP3 or newer.

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

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

See the screenshots page for more screenshots. WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle. WinMerge Portable (by PortableApps.WinMerge is an Open Source differencing and merging tool for Windows.It was also the last version to ship with an ANSI version of WinMerge. WinMerge version 2.12.4 was the last version to ship with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 runtimes that support Windows 95/98/ME/NT. WinMerge version 2.14.0 was the last version to ship with Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 runtimes that support Windows 2000. Other Versions WinMerge 2.14.0 for Windows 2000 Admin rights for the installer (except for Per-user installer).64-bit installer: Microsoft Windows 7 or newer.32-bit installer: Microsoft Windows XP SP3 or newer.

WinMerge 2.16.31 free download