FreeDiff can be used to locate the differences in program source code files, HTML documents, and any other ASCII-based text files. A color-coded side-by-side display of the comparison results makes it easy to understand the differences between the two files at a glance. Click here to view the main FreeDiff window.

Other file types can also be compared if they are first saved in a text format. For example, MS Word documents and MS Excel spreadsheets can be saved in text format and compared. Two versions of the System Registry database can be exported from within RegEdit and then compared using FreeDiff.

FreeDiff is not an editor. Differences between files can be viewed but the files can not be modified.

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Search for text within the files Differences are shown with color highlighting Easy navigation from one difference to another Compares ASCII text files in a side-by-side format Differences down to the character-level are shown

Bookmarks can be added to the comparison results Allows drag and drop of files onto FreeDiff for comparison Auto-completes file specifications as they are typed in Files can be printed with the differences pointed out Ignore Space and Ignore Case comparison options supported