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Kompare vs Diffuse: catalog facts
Kompare	Diffuse
Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0 or later.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0.
Linux	Linux
Compares files and whole folders recursively Creates and applies patches	Compares an arbitrary number of files at once Manual correction of line matching
Linux only Two-way comparison rather than three-way merge	No directory comparison mentioned Interface is plainer than newer diff tools
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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