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Add to SafariWhen comparing AraxisMerge vs vimdiff, the Slant community recommends vimdiff for most people. In the question“What are the best folder/file compare/diff tools for either OSX, Linux or Windows?” vimdiff is ranked 4th while AraxisMerge is ranked 15th. The most important reason people chose vimdiff is:
It's practically vim, this means that the whole interface is mouse-free, this increases development speed significantly since you are only using the keyboard.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Point and click merging
AraxisMerge has a feature which is very helpful especially for beginners. By clicking on different parts of a text file you can select all the parts to added in a final merged file. The comparison display also updates real-time as the merge happens.
Pro Directory comparisons
AraxisMerge supports comparing different directories with each other.
Pro Beautiful interface
Pro Three way merges
AraxisMerge supports three way merges.
Pro Update alternative files Word, PDF and even images
Pro Works great on large files
Pro Mouse-free interface
It's practically vim, this means that the whole interface is mouse-free, this increases development speed significantly since you are only using the keyboard.
Pro Lightweight
Since it's inside vim, it's very lightweight and fast. It fires up quickly and it does all operations painlessly.
Pro Helpful to people who work a lot inside the terminal
Using command-line tools (vim/git) keep you stick in the terminal.
Cons
Con Commercial
AraxisMerge is not free:
$129 Standard and $269 Professional
But this is peanuts for a tool that you can use all day for the rest of your developer life.
Con Not for people who are not used to vim
Since this is basically a vim feature, it's clear that people who aren't used to vim and it's keyboard-based interface would find it very hard to work with vimdiff.
