Ubuntu – Best alternative for WinMerge

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I need to compare/diff/merge files in an easy way. In Dark ages when i'm a windows user I would use WinMerge. What alternatives for this are available in Ubuntu?

The things I must be able to do:

  1. See 2 files line by line next to each other, with the differences highlighted
  2. Have an option for merging this files together

Best Answer

I don't know if paid software can be recommended, but after testing a lot of free tools, I finally decided to go for Beyond Compare.

Meld was my previous choice but abandonned it due to instabilities during merging of very large folders.