WinMerge is an Open Source visual text file differencing and merging tool for Win32 platforms.

WinMerge is highly useful for determing what has changed between project versions, and then merging the changes between versions.

Here are some key features of "WinMerge":

· Visual differencing and merging of text files
· Flexible editor with syntax highlighting
· Handles DOS, UNIX and MAC text file formats
· Unicode support
· Difference pane shows current difference in two vertical panes
· Location pane shows map of files compared
· Highlights differences inside lines
· File filters in directory diff
· Moved lines detection in file compare
· Shell Integration
· Rudimentary Visual SourceSafe and Rational ClearCase integration
· Archive file support using 7-zip
· Plugins
· Localizable interface via resource DLL

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Rename color scheme menu item "None" and add separator (#2027300)
· Add -u commandline parameter as alternative to -ub (#2029275, #2030359)
· Remove RCLocalizationHelper plugin (#2029457)
· Clarify Supercopier caused hang in release notes (#2030040)
· Improve tree mode in folder compare (#2018836)
· Unlimited undo (#2033754)
· BugFix: Could change syntax highlight mode when highlighting was disabled from options (#2027325)
· BugFix: Editing line filters updated wrong filter (#2025130)
· BugFix: Boldfacing did work only for Courier font (#2000996)
· BugFix: Shift Backspace didn't work in editor (#1153696)