Meld is a visual diff and merge tool, targeted at developers. It allows users to compare two or three files or directories visually, color-coding the different lines.
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 Meld 3.x.y performing a file comparison | |
| Original author(s) | Stephen Kennedy, Kai Willadsen, Vincent Legoll |
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| Developer(s) | The GNOME Project |
| Initial release | August 8, 2002[1] |
| Stable release | 3.22.0 / September 4, 2022[2] |
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| Written in | Python, PyGTK/PyGObject |
| Operating system | Linux and Unix-like, macOS, Windows |
| Type | Diff viewer |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Website | meldmerge wiki |
Meld can be used for comparing files, directories, and version controlled repositories. It provides two- and three-way comparison of both files and directories, and supports many version control systems including Git, Mercurial, Baazar, CVS and Subversion.
Meld is free and open-source software subject to the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL-2.0-or-later).
Requirements
Requirements for Meld 3.18.0 are as follows:
- Python 3.3
- GTK+ 3.14
- GLib 2.36
- PyGObject 3.14
- GtkSourceView 3.14
- pycairo
See also
References
- "Don't love diff? Use Meld instead". opensource.com. March 23, 2020. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
- "Meld is an excellent file and folder comparison tool for Windows and Linux". gHacks Technology News. 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2023-02-01.