Beyond Compare 3.3.5.15075

4.0 out of 5 stars 4.0 (114 votes)

()

Windows 2000/9x/Server 2003/XP / Shareware; $30.00 / 7,960 downloads

Beyond Compare is a utility for comparing text files, folders, zip archives, and FTP sites. Use it to manage source code, keep folders in sync, compare program output, and validate CD copies. It can create a snapshot of a live directory structure, and compare it against the live copy at a later date.

  • Homepage

    Beyond Compare

  • Limitations

    Yes - 30 day timeout

  • Latest Changes

    - Added full context menu extensions on Linux for Konqueror (KDE), Nautilus (Gnome), and Thunar (Xfce), with configurable visibility and submenus

    - Added support for passing '-' on the command line to load a file from stdin, and added support for FIFOs on Linux

    - Copying to/from FTP/SFTP servers now copies the Unix mode (rwx)

    - Character encoding errors during saving now prompt to use a different code page instead of refusing to save

    - Removed prompt to edit read-only files in file views

    - Fixed FTP timezone autodetection

Reviews of Beyond Compare

  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    raveren

    Reviewing 3.3.2.14050 (Sep 13, 2011)

    Almost perfect in almost every aspect and constantly improving!

  2. 3 out of 5 stars
    Juhandra

    Reviewing 3.3.1.13971 (Aug 28, 2011)

    Includes so many options and settings, that you really do not trust it if it's results are actually true.

  3. 4 out of 5 stars
    jfmessier

    Reviewing 3.3.1.13971 (Aug 16, 2011)

    I wish it would support SFTP or FTP over SSH. I did not use BC very much except when inspecting colleague's listings, but I always got great results and it saved me hours of work. But the support of sftp would be good, as all our servers have ftp turned off by default.

  4. 5 out of 5 stars
    sam0t

    Reviewing 3.2.1.12831 Beta (Sep 27, 2010)

    Been totally satisfied with BC3, simple and good software. Only thing missing is the "pause" feature when synchronizing.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    Plumber

    Reviewing 3.2.0.12469 Beta (Jun 22, 2010)

    Great!

Discuss Beyond Compare