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WinMerge Portable v2.16.34

lintalist on 21 Nov 2023
  • 18MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 27 Oct 2023
  • Suggested by Lupo73

WinMerge is a tabbed, visual file differencing and merging tool. It's primary use is determining changes between two text files, but includes tools for folder, image, and 3-way comparison. It comes with a built-in editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers, word-wrap, synchronized scrolling, and handles a variety of file formats.

An unofficial plugin (xdocdiff) is available to enable comparison functions for the text of Word, Excel, PDF, LibreOffice, RTF, and other file formats.

WinMerge Portable is a portable version of WinMerge from PortableApps. Alternatively, an outdated X-WinMerge is also available.

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Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: GNU GPLv2
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch WinMerge.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Diffinity, Text Compare
What's new? See: https://winmerge.org/docs/releasenotes.php
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PAFuser on 2018-08-12 16:23

64bit version from https://sourceforge.net/projects/winmerge/files/alpha/2.15.2/ can be used to replace 32 bit folder in PortableApps.com version. So far no problems with it. Renamed original file, just in case.

JohnTHaller on 2018-08-12 17:56

PAFUser: For a better experience, use WinMerge 2011 Portable. WinMerge 2011 is a continuation fork of WinMerge that is regularly updated. Our portable package includes the 32-bit and 64-bit versions and switches between them.

PapaiMark on 2022-04-29 19:41

I didn't find the main option:
-show only differences.

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Hashing v3.6

rbon on 6 Jan 2023
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 6 Jan 2023
  • Suggested by smaragdus

Hashing is a tool for creating unique hash values to identify and examine files. This allows verification, duplication analysis, and can be used for file security (via the VirusTotal service). The program supports UPPER/lower case, drag and drop, batch processing and file export for later verification.

Available hashes include commonly-used algorithms CRC32, MD5, SHA1/256/384/512 and RIPEMD160.

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Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2
Unicode support: Yes
License: GNU GPLv3
How to extract: Download Hashing-X.X.exe to a folder of your choice and launch.
Similar/alternative apps: RapidCRC Unicode

WinDataReflector v1.8.1.1

billon on 5 Sep 2018
  • 11MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 6 Nov 2017
  • Suggested by I am Baas

WinDataReflector is a lightweight file synchronization and backup tool. It combines rapid file comparison and fast transfer algorithms into a simple and clear interface, offering a visual comparison of files and folders before synchronization / backup. It supports two-way synchronization and customizable rules.

The program can run operations in the background while you configure new ones in a separate tab.

Note: Linking to an older version (thanks smaragdus) as the latest "free" version cannot be used to synchronize more than 150 files, create more than 3 tasks or use automation (realtime, USB detection, scheduler).

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Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the 7z package and extract either the Portable or Portable x64 ZIP file to a folder of your choice. Launch WinDataReflector.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Zback
What's new? See:
https://veridium.net/windatareflector/changelog/
Latest comments
REVerdi on 2018-03-20 06:28

I downloaded version 2.0.0 thinking it was 100% freeware, but the free version can not be used to sync more than 150 files, create more than 3 tasks or use automation.

MIKLO on 2018-03-23 13:22

Well that sure SUX, I don't understand why they put stuff in freeware and then hobble it so it can't really be used efficiently. Its like offering you a free sandwich with no bread, just doesn't make any sense. I don't even waste my time on this kinda stuff, as soon as I find out its so limited in what you can do I bail. That's why the comment section is so important.... at least to me it is :)
MIKLO

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TableTextCompare v1.20

Checker on 26 May 2015
  • 120KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 26 May 2015
  • Suggested by Checker

TableTextCompare allows you to easily compare 2 tab-delimited or comma-delimited (csv) files, and find out the difference between the 2 files. TableTextCompare can make the comparison even if the records of the 2 files are not sorted in the same order, or if the fields are not positioned in the same order.

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Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch TableTextCompare.exe.
What's new?
  • Fixed bug: On some files, TableTextCompare detected added lines as modified lines.
  • Added /FastMode parameter to specify whether to use fast mode (1 = yes, 0 = no).
  • Fixed TableTextCompare to save the Fast Mode settings to the config file.
Latest comments
webfork on 2015-07-03 22:02

Having recently spent some time looking for table comparison tools out there (including in Excel), I'm really glad to see something like this.

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ImgSearch v3.0.8

webfork on 16 Mar 2019

ImgSearch lets you search and delete similar images across multiple folders. The program even allows checking for similarity from previous image analysis. Files are removed to the Recycle Bin and can be restored in case of a mistake.

Supports analysis of JPG, GIF, BMP, ICO, CUR, WMF, EMF, PNG, PCX image formats.

Category:
Runs on:Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: No
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ImgSearch.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: AntiDupl.NET
Latest comments
__philippe on 2016-03-01 16:35

Worthy alternative to ImgSearch (which has not been updated since March 2007) :

Antidupl.Net 2.3.8 (Released Sep 2015)

http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7471&hilit=imgsearch&start=0

spicydog on 2018-01-24 02:19

Download link (and apparently website) seem to be broken.

Download from Softpedia: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Others/ImgSearch.shtml

webfork on 2018-01-24 20:37

@spicydog: thanks for that -- billon pointed it to archive.org (thanks billon)

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FileCompare v1.6.1.34

Andrew Lee on 12 Feb 2013
  • 66KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

FileCompare compares two folders of files in binary (recursive) to see if they are identical. It will list those files found to have no identical counterpart in the other folder.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: User profile folder. But given the nature of the application, I think it can be accepted as portable.
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch compare.exe.
Latest comments
nunzconz on 2008-04-24 21:01

This program crashed when trying to do a comparison between a local SBS 2003 folder and a remote , mapped network drive (Linux Samba).

Got to about 1700 files and crashed. Originally thought it was when 500 differences were found but the crash seems to be related to numbe rof files parsed.
Four crashes, gave up.

Eduardo on 2009-07-09 12:38

the download from the USA server contains a virus !!!

__philippe on 2023-11-11 12:04

FileCompare v1.6.1.34
Developer Web site disappeared, Softpedia download link broken,
...Finland to the rescue ;-)
https://www.download.fi/general/download_splash.cfm/filecompare

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HJSplit v3.0

billon on 10 Jan 2021
  • 198KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 11 Nov 2010
  • Suggested by Sorna

HJSplit can split and join files above 100 GB. It can also compare files and calculate their checksum. The program is cross-platform with tools available for 9+ operating systems, including Mac, DOS, and OS/2. Functional in 64-bit.

NOTE: Website is gone, linking to Internet Archive Wayback Machine.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: No
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch hjsplit.exe.
Latest comments
Midas on 2014-01-12 21:19

I'm still with HJ-Split v1.4 (for Windows 95!), but never had any problem with it in my XP Pro SP3...

olliebean on 2021-01-10 14:56

Download link is broken. http://web.archive.org/web/20190512105428/http://www.freebytesoftware.com/download/hjsplit.zip works.

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