FREE FOR MAC
Beaver Compare
Compare and merge text, folders, tables, images and binary files on
your Mac. Quick with big files and big folder trees, and at home in
git and the Terminal.
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Free · macOS 14 or later · Mac with Apple silicon
Text
Side by side and lined up, with the changes inside each line and an
overview bar. Syntax highlighting for 26 languages, and rules that
ignore case, whitespace, comments or text you choose. Edit either
side, copy changes across and save in the encoding you pick.
Folders and sync
Compare large folder trees quickly, by content or by your rules,
with filters for what to skip. Sync with a preview first: update,
two-way or mirror. Anything removed goes to the Trash.
Three-way merge
Left, base and right above an output you can edit. Take a side,
both or the base for each conflict, or type the fix yourself, then
save. Works as git mergetool.
Tables
CSV and TSV files compared cell by cell. Columns match by header,
rows by order or by a key column, with a tolerance for numbers.
Images
Side by side, as a difference map or as an overlay, with a
tolerance for tiny changes. PNG, JPEG, HEIC, GIF, TIFF and more.
Binary files
A hex view that lines up inserted and deleted bytes, so one extra
byte does not mark the rest of the file as different.
git and the Terminal
Use it as git difftool and mergetool, open comparisons from the
Terminal with bvc, or have bvc write a
report without opening the app.
Finder
Select two files or folders, Control-click and choose Compare with
Beaver Compare. Or pick one item as the left side and compare
another one with it later.
Built for big jobs
Files with a million lines scroll smoothly, and in our tests two
folders of 100,000 files each compare in about a second on an
Apple silicon Mac.
Good to know
- Free, with no account and no ads.
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Needs a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
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Beaver Compare checks for updates by itself, at most once a day,
and installs one only when you agree. Turn this off in Settings
with “Automatically check for updates”, or choose Beaver Compare ▸
Check for Updates… at any time.
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Your files stay on your Mac. The update check is the only time
Beaver Compare goes online: see
Privacy.
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Using Beaver Compare means you accept the
Beaver Compare License Agreement.
Questions or problems: write to
support@mindigest.com.