Kaleidoscope

Text diff.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Desktop app for diffing text, images, binary, PDFs, and folders. Configurable comparison layout - side-by-side, fluid, in-line, or split view (images). Can ignore whitespace. Can be used as version control diff from the terminal or integrated into your IDE (JetBrains, VS Code, Android Studio, XCode, etc). Send files to ksdiff CLI to launch diff or trigger merges.

Tradeoffs

macOS only.

Is Kaleidoscope a fit?

Based on Console’s review published on 2023-03-09. Summary updated .

Who it’s for

Developers using macOS should consider Kaleidoscope for diffing tasks

Why consider it

Kaleidoscope allows for configurable comparison layouts

Keep in mind

Kaleidoscope is limited to macOS

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