Beyond Compare file comparison tool

Beyond Compare is a rare professional-grade folder and file comparison tool. It can be used to easily compare the differences between two folders or files. Each byte of the difference is represented by a color, which is easy to view and supports multiple rules for comparison. It is an essential and effective auxiliary tool for program engineers and office workers. This site provides free downloads.

Beyond Compare (file comparison tool) software features

​​​​​Beyond Compare is a smart comparison tool: it only needs to use simple and powerful commands and operations to open the highest quality comparison experience, find the differences you are interested in, merge changes, then synchronize files, and generate reports. Access data anytime, anywhere: Users can directly access FTP websites, media devices, WebDAV resources, svn repositories and cloud storage from Windows, Mac OSX and Linux workstations. Beyond Compare has long been famous for its powerful and unique file comparison function. It is used by programmers and website managers, and is also used in Internet cafe management and company multi-document management.

Beyond Compare (file comparison tool) supports 11 types of file comparisons and functions, including folder comparison, folder merging, folder synchronization, text comparison, text merging, table comparison, hexadecimal comparison, MP3 comparison, picture comparison, registry comparison and version comparison. There are many comparison types, so Beyond Compare compares files more professionally.

​​ ​ Beyond Compare Simplified Chinese version can seamlessly coordinate all comparison tasks, from folder structures to individual file differences. A dedicated file viewer communicates information about differences, helping you quickly find important differences. Beyond Compare helps you remember it from session to session, so you can come back to the same comparison job multiple times. It helps you find and reconcile differences between source code, folders, images and data, even files in zip archives or on FTP sites. Additionally it can synchronize folders and verify different backups.

Beyond Compare (file comparison tool) installation steps

​ ​ 1. Double-click the Beyond Compare installation package downloaded from this site to run it.

2. As shown below, you can choose the user to install the software. If there is no doubt, click [Next].

3. As shown below, you can click [Browse] to set the installation location of the software.

​ ​ 4. You can set the [Start Menu Folder], and click [Next] after the setting is completed.

5. There is no doubt about all settings, click [Install] and wait patiently.

​​ 6. The installation of the file comparison tool may take tens of seconds, please wait patiently. There will be a prompt when the installation is complete, click [End].

Tips for using Beyond Compare (file comparison tool)

      howUse Beyond Compare to generate a file comparison report?

​ ​ 1: Open the Beyond Compare software, select the folder comparison session, and open the session operation interface. Click the "Browse Folder" button and select the folder you want to compare. As shown in the legend below, you can click the "All", "Difference", and "Same" buttons respectively to view the differences in the compared folders.

Beyond Compare folder comparison session operation interface legend

​ ​ 2: In the folder comparison session pane, select a differential file according to personal needs, right-click the file and select the "File Comparison Report" tab in the expanded menu.

​​Legend of the content of the drop-down menu expanded by right-clicking the file

Three: A text comparison window will pop up, select the file layout comparison method in the report layout column, and check the report options according to personal needs. Supported output methods include: printer, HTML report and plain text.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Beyond Compare folder comparison text comparison report window legend”

​​Four: When you check "HTML Report" in the output selection, click the "View in Browser" button in the lower right corner of the interface to view the details of the text comparison report in the browser. The report information is as shown in the legend below.

        Text comparison report information interface legend generated in the browser

By following the above steps, you can easily generate file comparison report information, eliminating the need for manual report writing and improving work efficiency to a great extent. As can be seen from the above generated report legend, the automatically generated text report has a simple layout and concise language, making it a very qualified text report document.

Beyond Compare FAQ

Beyond Compare compares text processing of the same content

​ ​ 1: Run Beyond Compare, click the session button on the opened home page, select the "New Session" option in the expanded menu, select the "Text Compare" session in the new session option content, and open the session operation interface.

​ ​ 2: In the text comparison session operation interface, click the "Open File" button to select the text file to be compared. You can click the "Same" button on the toolbar, and the software will automatically filter out the differential text content.

Step 3: Select the text content you want to copy, right-click and select the "Copy" operation command in the expanded menu to copy the text. The expanded menu also has some common text operation commands: cut, delete, compare the selected content with the clipboard, etc.

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      Beyond Compare:

​ ​ ​ Beyond Compare is a rare professional-level folder and file comparison tool. It can be used to easily compare the differences between two folders or files. Each byte of the difference is represented by a color, which is easy to view and supports multiple rules for comparison. It is an essential and effective auxiliary tool for program engineers and office workers.

Beyond Compare (file comparison tool) update instructions:

​ ​ 1: You can use the same interface to copy content from disk, FTP server and compressed files

​ ​ 2: Word documents, Adobe and PDF files can also be compared but cannot be edited.

3: Able to connect to FTP, FTP via SSL and SFTP (SSH) servers, compare, merge or synchronize changes with the same commands you have used

​​ 4: Three ways to merge and expand folders, allowing you to merge modified things more quickly

5: Hexadecimal comparison supports inline editing and wrapping lines to fit the window size.