winmerge Reviews & Product Details

What I like best about WinMerge is that it provides the perfect set of features for my use case. I very often use the tool to view diffs between files of structured data such as XML or JSON, and it's moved block detection, highlighting of changes, and being able to ignore whitespace differences lets me visualize the important differences between two files. I like that it lets me do diffs on files, but also do diffs on any text I paste into the tool on the fly. But best of all is the price, as it is an open-source free-to-use diff and merge tool for Windows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One minor gripe I have with WinMerge is that its user interface could be prettier and a bit more modern, as it looks like a Windows XP era application and the toolbar icons are a bit dated. I also dislike the default font Courier, and always change it to Consolas just after installing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use winmerge a lot for reviewing the code changes in the large files. Winmerge has a support for upto 3 concurrent window viewing at the same time. We can also use different format of input files to view, modify the code. It is really useful for those who primarily works on the large text files to track the changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing as such, ui improvement can make it a more powerful tool in the current market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

WinMerge is Open Source, works for both files and flders and allows even comparing three files/folders. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alignment of some files is not ensured if there are whitespaces in one of the files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Being able to compare folders and files, quickly identify differences in a very simple to understand visual interface, and then merge the required changes into a final version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really do not see any negative aspect, it works perfectly and has plenty of features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Resolving conflicts between the branches and to checkout the branches and hands on experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't like some time win merge execution is slow as expected fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I liked the fact that it was free, as I had recently switched roles and was unable to use my comparison software I was used to. This product filled the need I had (to compare large files) perfectly fine. Although it was not as polished as other tools, it got the job done and displayed the results in an easy to read fashion. There was also a whole host of plugins that I did not utilize but seemed very useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The compare results are not nearly as polished as the other (paid ) products that I was used to. The interface seems a bit more dated than other products, and it was a bit difficult to navigate to some features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like it because I can easily compare two files and find some errors Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are some processes in which it is difficult to compare a bit, for example line breaks or some space Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We are using winmerge for code comparison to ensure it contains only the required code for particular change requests and Jira stories. It supports folder comparison, a very time-saving feature provided by winmerge; it will simultaneously compare all changed files. Best thing is it is open source. We can traverse through all tab for folder and file comparsion. We allows to compare binary file as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Compare to Beyondcompare its interface is not attractive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.