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What file types can Diff Anything compare?
Diff Anything is a local file comparison tool that chooses a comparison model suited to the content. It handles text and structured data, interactive three-way merge, recursive folders with reviewed synchronization, archive entries, documents, images, binaries, OpenAPI, and JSON Schema without forcing every source through a line-only diff.
Accuracy note: reviewed against Diff Anything 1.2 on .
Best for
Where this workflow fits.
- Comparing mixed release artifacts in one application
- Reviewing sensitive files without a browser upload
- Saving reusable rules and exporting review or CI results
No accounts, cloud comparison service, analytics, or telemetry.
Relevant capabilities
What Diff Anything brings to the job.
Practical workflow
From setup to a reviewed result.
Choose sources
Open files or folders, paste content, or use Pro to load a saved profile with known options.
Select a mode
Use automatic detection or explicitly choose text, structured, folder, archive, document, image, binary, or API comparison.
Review and resolve
Navigate stable differences, apply supported changes, resolve three-way conflicts, or approve a folder synchronization plan without losing source context.
Save or automate
Use Pro to export a report or retain a profile, invoke the CLI, or wire the comparison into Git and CI.
Useful in practice
Related searches
One workflow, several common names.
This page focuses on file compare tool. People also describe the same or closely related job as file comparison software, diff checker, compare two files, diff and merge tool.
Direct answers
Questions about file compare tool.
What file types can Diff Anything compare?
Diff Anything is a local file comparison tool that chooses a comparison model suited to the content. It handles text and structured data, interactive three-way merge, recursive folders with reviewed synchronization, archive entries, documents, images, binaries, OpenAPI, and JSON Schema without forcing every source through a line-only diff.
Do compared files leave the computer?
No. Comparison is local. The application has no account, cloud comparison service, analytics, or telemetry.
How does automatic mode choose a comparison?
Matching structured formats use their semantic engine, two folders use folder comparison, and other compatible inputs fall back to text. You can always choose a concrete mode.
Go deeper
Choose sources, understand automatic detection, and select the engine that answers the question you are actually asking.
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