Windows utility that combines directory compare and file compare

Beyond Compare

Beyond Compare

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  • Latest Version

    Beyond Compare 5.0.1 Build 29877 LATEST

  • Review by

    Michael Reynolds

  • Operating System

    Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10

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  • Author / Product

    Scooter Software, Inc. / External Link

  • Filename

    BCompare-5.0.1.29877.exe

  • MD5 Checksum

    91ed0d4311c034d0a9d4a9d727f8583a

Beyond Compare allows you to quickly and easily compare your files and folders. By using simple, powerful commands you can focus on the differences you're interested in and ignore those you're not. You can then merge the changes, synchronize your files, and generate reports for your records.

Compare Files and Folders
You can compare entire drives and folders at high speed, checking just sizes and modified times. Or, thoroughly verify every file with byte-by-byte comparisons. FTP sites, cloud storage, and zip files are integrated seamlessly, and powerful filters allow you to limit what you see to only what you're interested in. Once you've found specific files you're interested in, Beyond Compare can intelligently pick the best way to compare and display them. Text files can be viewed and edited with syntax highlighting and comparison rules tweaked specifically for documents, source code, and HTML. The text contents of Microsoft Word .doc and Adobe .pdf files can also be compared but not edited. Data files, executables, binary data, and images all have dedicated viewers as well, so you always have a clear view of the changes.

3-Way Merge
Beyond Compare's merge view allows you to combine changes from two versions of a file or folder into a single output. Its intelligent approach allows you to quickly accept most changes while carefully examining conflicts. Color coding and a section highlighting allow you to accept, reject, or combine changes, simply and easily. When merging files you can change any line in the output with the built-in syntax-highlighting editor. By using the app Compare's powerful file type support and ability to favor changes from one file, you can trivially accept many changes without even seeing them.

Synchronize Folders
The tool Compare's intuitive Folder Sync interface lets you reconcile differences in your data automatically. You can efficiently update your laptop, backup your computer, or manage your website, and the app Compare will handle all the details. You can copy to and from disks, FTP servers, and zip files, all using the same interface. Anything you don't want to be affected can be easily filtered out, and all of the powerful comparison techniques are available, making the backup as fast or robust as you need.

Note: 30 days trial version.

Also Available: Download Beyond Compare for Mac

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What's new in this version:

Notable Changes:
- General Table Compare improvements
- Fixed crash/failure when copying NTFS permissions
- macOS/Linux: Fixed crash when importing v4 settings

Archives:
- Updated unrar to v7.1.100.1230 (Windows DLL) and v7.0.9 (macOS/Linux source)
- macOS: Fixed comparing files in rar archives in file views or using the "Compare Contents" command

File Formats:
- Fixed crash when comparing Rich Text Format (.rtf) files

File Views:
- macOS/Linux: Added support for \n, \r, and \t escape sequences in regular expression replacement strings
- Fixed "File is being used by another process" error when trying to save a file that originally included only a UTF-8 byte order mark

Folder Compare:
- Windows: Fixed crash/failure when copying NTFS permissions
- macOS/Linux: Fixed Session Settings > Other Filters > Larger Than/Smaller Than filters ignoring the KB/MB/GB combobox

Misc:
- Fixed support for importing v5 State settings (e.g., MRU lists, form positions)
- macOS/Linux: Fixed crash when trying to import v4 settings
- macOS: Fixed translated versions showing checkboxes with the original English text

Table Compare:
- Added "Just current sheet" report option
- Added report headers indicating the sheet names
- Fixed "Hide Same Columns" hiding everything when loading a single-sided comparison
- Fixed crash when generating a report using "Just selection" on sheets past the first
- Fixed sheet tab captions not updating when swapping sides
- Fixed sheet tabs not recalculating their width when the caption or difference spot changes
- Fixed file info bar displaying incorrect or truncated strings
- Fixed issues with Info and Report generation for multiple sheets

Text Views:
- Fixed crash when using Find > Select All twice when the found text exists on the last line of the file