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What is the best software to compare 2 folders for any file changes and highlight them?

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Windows; Mac; LinuxProprietary
Meld
Linux; Windows; Mac (unofficial)Free and Open Source
FolderMatch
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SyncToy
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NicolasRaoul
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Works on Windows/Mac/Linux

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Open source

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Uses GPLv2 and MIT license.
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File and Text filter

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Files can be filtered out depending on patterns with wildcard selectors. Text can be ignored with regex patterns.
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FolderMatch

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Powerful

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shareware
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Old fashion design

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SyncToy

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Free, simple. trustworthy, made by Microsoft

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Everything in SyncToy is organized around Folder Pairs, which is just a shorthand way to indicate an origin location (which SyncToy calls the Left Folder) and destination location (which SyncToy calls the Right Folder) for the files you want to move around. I know why you need an origin and destina...
NicolasRaoul
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Proprietary, no insight into how it works

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