When comparing Kompare vs DeltaWalker, the Slant community recommends DeltaWalker for most people. In the question“What are the best folder/file compare/diff tools for either OSX, Linux or Windows?” DeltaWalker is ranked 17th while Kompare is ranked 19th. The most important reason people chose DeltaWalker is:
Easy to use rules for including or excluding folders and files from your folder comparisons.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Can create patch files
Kompare can create a patch file which lists the differences between two files. Patch files created this way are also compatible with the patch files created by the CLI diff utility.
Pro Supports comparing directories
Kompare can compare both files and directories.
Pro Configurable hotkeys
Because it's a KDE app, all the hotkeys are configurable
Pro Folder and file filtering
Easy to use rules for including or excluding folders and files from your folder comparisons.
Pro Cross platform
Works on Mac, Windows and Linux.
Pro Image comparison
2 & 3-way image comparisons with zooming & panning are available.
Pro 3-Way Text Merge
Pro Can compare remote directories
Can connect to remote folders via FTP, SFTP, FTPS, WebDAV, WebDAVS, Dropbox, and Google Drive.
Cons
Con Very slow
Folder comparisons can take an extremely long time to load compared to other diff tools.