Diff Checker

A desktop application that allows you to compare text differences between two files.

Informations

Now instead of using online tools you can use this application directly from your computer.

Overview

Diff Checker has been written using Electron, it's available for Windows, MacOS and Linux.

You can download latest version from here.

MacOS* installation:

Application doesn't contain production sign so you will see notification that you want to run application from unidentified developer. There are two ways to run not signed apps:

Open Apple menu > System Preferences, click Security & Privacy, then click General tab

1. Click the “Open Anyway” button. This button is available for about an hour after you try to open the app.
2. Click the Lock icon in the bottom left of that window, make sure you have the option “Allow Applications Downloaded from: Anywhere” selected and click “OK”.

Features:

• drag and drop files or text directly into textarea fields
• remember window size and position
• auto updates

Options

After you click on Diff items button, options box will appear. To show avaliable options just click on the Options text.

• Show difference only - choose if you want to display only difference or whole diff (with not modified lines)
• Format - choose between two layouts (Side by Side or Inline)

Side by side format

Inline format

Side by side format with difference only

Inline format with difference only

Todo

• mac release
• linux release
• app hangs on large files
• layout improvements, better icon
• save last used options

If you have any idea, just let me know.

Updating

Application have built in auto updater so you don't need to do anything, if new version will be available it will inform you.

Downloading update

Update notification

Versioning

For the versions available, see the tags or releases

Authors

• Tomasz Rembacz

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details

Acknowledgments

• Ace and modified version of jsdifflib has been used.