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Pros
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Cons
Con Confusing GUI
4 sub-windows (when you really only need 3), a lot of different colors and even more confusing result-window. No links what has changed between versions and and the result. It clearly shows it's dated or rather outdated. Great if you ever need to do a command line merge, otherwise it sucks.
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Recommendations
Kdiff3
Recommended a year ago
I use KDiff3-64bit--Setup_0.9.98-2 many times for ~4-5 years and very helpful. I just now (11/14/22) discovered> https://invent.kde.org/sdk/kdiff3, I'll have to try that.
Pro
Open sourcePro
Mature and feature filledPro
Supports 3 way mergesPro
Can compare directoriesPro
Diff by character not by linesPro
FreeKdiff3
Recommended 2 years ago
Pro
Open sourcePro
Mature and feature filledPro
Shell integration (Windows)Pro
Supports 3 way mergesPro
Can compare directoriesPro
Diff by character not by linesPro
FreePro
Supports manual code aligningPro
Context menu shortcutPro
Supports editing files directlyPro
Preprocessing before calculating differencesPro
The UI is customizableComments
Flagged Pros + Cons
Pro Free and open source
KDiff3 is completely free to download and use. It's also open source released under the GPL.
Out of Date Pros + Cons
Con No recent updates
No updates since 2014. Product is stable and feature-full as it is though.