Are there any gratis tools to help me compare the differences between two source code files? (for Python, and C++）on Windows 10?
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Do you mean morse code? If not, please explain in greater detail 1) What kind of code 2) On what operating system. Thanks! – Nicolas Raoul♦ May 15 at 1:32
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@NicolasRaoulN，sorry, I am first to ask question in the community and I am not good at English grammar. – Andy May 15 at 3:35
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Should it be gratis? If yes, please edit your question to say it. Thanks! – Nicolas Raoul♦ May 15 at 4:27
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What do you mean by "similarities"? Code changes (i.e. you're looking for a diff tool like WinDiff or Meld), coding style, used algorithms/components, …? – Izzy♦ May 15 at 5:28
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From my answer to this question - two days ago HINT: you can search our site for questions similar to the one that you plan to ask.
I don’t think that you will get a better open source application than WinMerge (although it would do no harm to look at Kdiff3.
Neither of them will handle your int i; for (i ...) -> for (int i ...) example, but they are open source, so you might give it a try, or request the feature from the author.
General
• Supports Microsoft Windows XP or newer
• Handles Windows, Unix and Mac text file formats
• Unicode support
• Tabbed interface
File Compare
• 3-way File Comparison New!
• Visual differencing and merging of text files
• Flexible editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers and word-wrap
• Highlights differences inside lines <= ============================================
• Difference pane shows current difference in two vertical panes
• Location pane shows map of files compared
• Moved lines detection
Folder Compare
• Regular Expression based file filters allow excluding and including items
• Fast compare using file sizes and dates
• Compares one folder or includes all subfolders
• Can show folder compare results in a tree-style view
• 3-way Folder Comparison Work in progress
Image Compare New!
• Support many types of images
• Can highlight the differences with blocks
• Overlaying of the pictures is possible
Version Control
• Creates patch files (Normal-, Context- and Unified formats)
• Resolve conflict files
Other
• Shell Integration (supports 64-bit Windows versions)
• Archive file support using 7-Zip
• Plugin support
• Localizable interface
• Online manual and installed HTML Help manual
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1Happy user of KDiff here (well, I'd be happier on a Linux workstation but ...) glad to see it mentioned – ivanivan May 15 at 16:53
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CudaText editor is gratis. It has plugin "Differ", it can be installed from "Plugins - Addon Manager - Install". To call plugin, use "Plugins - Differ" menu.
