Beyond Compare

Beyond Compare is a directory compares utility and a file compare utility wrapped in one. Synchronize files between laptop and PC, home and office, etc. Compare directory trees side-by-side with mismatches highlighted. Display text files side-by-side with changes highlighted. Great for merging changes to source code. Supports minor editing, Unicode text files, and Delphi form files. Save favorite sessions for quick access. Built-in FTP and zip support.

What is new in this release:

Many bug fixes and improvements.

What is new in version 4.2.3.22587:

• Fixed WebDAV showing invalid subfolders with the same name as the parent folder.
• View tab bar no longer shows "Select Tab" and "Close Other Tabs" commands if there is only one tab.
• Updated various icons.
• Improved handling of AENC, GEOB, and APIC tags.
• Added "Minimum clip length" to clipboard manager to avoid saving passwords or other short text (defaults to 32).
• Fixed display of custom display filter names (e.g. "[Differences]" instead of "Differences" when orphans not included).
• Fixed UTF-8 reports not including a byte order mark, causing problems when importing them into Excel or viewing them in some web browsers.
• Session Settings dialog's "Swap sides" button now also affects "Disable editing" checkboxes.

What is new in version 4.2.2.22384:

• Installer now registers BCompare.exe in the App Paths registry key so it can be used from the Windows Run dialog or ShellExecute without a path.
• Added SHA-256 code signatures to pdftotext.exe and patch.exe.

What is new in version 4.1.9.21719:

• OS X: Fixed SSL/TLS-based profiles (FTPS, WebDAV, Dropbox, Amazon S3) crashes on macOS Sierra.
• OS X/Linux: Fixed Hex Compare Find never completing.

What is new in version 4.1.8.21575:

• Fixed scripting error when creating a new OneDrive profile.
• Fixed Explorer right-click menu translations of "Compare Using" submenu.
• Fixed displaying custom messages on Home view.

What is new in version 4.1.6.21095:

• Fixed current side indication when switching from path edits to other controls (e.g. "Find what" edit).
• Fixed "Open With" to use URL paths instead of profile: based ones when 1 or more than 2 items are selected.
• Fixed excess memory usage when loading FTP/SFTP folder listings.
• Removed "Floating Extended" from "Little Endian Values" and "Big Endian Values" submenus.
• Fixed resource leak when generating Folder Compare reports.
• Fixed exit codes returned when using ClearCase's -status_only switch.
• Fixed orphan columns to not be excluded from the comparison.
• Fixed Session Settings dialog's handling of last column.
• Fixed detection of cell type error.
• Fixed Table Compare crash when regional settings are Dutch but file and format overrides are English.

What is new in version 4.1.4.20978:

• Added "/32" switch to installer to force a 32-bit install on 64-bit Windows in order to work around MSSCCI source control providers that don't have 64-bit DLLs.
• Fixed 64-bit build's support for Explorer submenu's Cut/Copy commands.
• Re-added Table Compare support for overriding decimal and thousands separator characters.
• Fixed crash when using cloud profiles (Amazon S3, Microsoft OneDrive, WebDAV) on February 29th.
• Various fixes and enhancements.

What is new in version 4.1.3.20814:

• Fixed hex compare truncated comparison results for large files with a difference at the very end.
• Fixed support for creating multiple OneDrive profiles so it will prompt for login information every time.
• OS X/Linux: Fixed support for FTP file transfers larger than 2GB.
• Fixed "Unsupported cipher" error when opening an SFTP connection to mod_ftpd servers (e.g., wpengine.com).
• OS X: Fixed support for using Asian input methods.
• Stability improvements.

What is new in version 4.1.2.20720:

• Improved performance and stability, especially under OS X.
• Fixed connection issues introduced by IPv6 support.
• Numerous bug fixes and tweaks.
• Added support for creating new .tar.bz2 archives.
• Newly created archive files are now initialized with default data instead of being created as zero byte files.
• Fixed creating a new 7-zip .7z archive.
• Fixed load error when loading a snapshot of an empty folder compare.
• Removed no longer supported .dbf mask from built-in MS Excel file format.Fixed "Keep file read-only" option when saving a file.

What is new in version 4.0.7.19761:

• Fixed support for connecting through SSL using FTPS, Webdav, and other connection methods after patches for Poodle exploit.
• Fixed re-prompting for an SSH private key passphrase if the first one entered isn't correct.
• Fixed loading the public key portion of a PuTTY .ppk file when the private key is encrypted.

What is new in version 4.0.5.19480:

• Fixed support for connecting through SSL using FTPS, Webdav, and other connection methods after patches for Poodle exploit.
• Fixed re-prompting for an SSH private key passphrase if the first one entered isn't correct.
• Fixed loading the public key portion of a PuTTY .ppk file when the private key is encrypted.

What is new in version 4.0.4.19477:

• Re-added ability to disable grayscale coloring in picture compare "Tolerance" mode.
• Improved importing settings from v3.
• Added current folder to dropdown for "Copy/Move to Folder" path edit.
• Added "Merge Base Folders" command.
• Added "Close Subfolders" command.
• "Folder Not Available" dialog is now wider and resizeable.
• Made various dialogs wider.
• Added "Ghost Mode" to switch between ghost and solid when in "Tolerance Mode".
• Import now supports auto-saved sessions.
• Fixed Import handling when picked xml filename does not match expected.
• Fixed importing folder compare's "Toggles", "Up one level" and name filter edit visibility from v3.
• Fixed importing BC3 settings when installing into a portable folder.
• Fixed crash when running a script and exiting when finished.

What is new in version 4.0.2.19186:

Fixed crash when showing Find Text panel.

What is new in version 4.0.1.19165:

• Added MOVETO scripting command that accepts the same arguments as COPYTO.
• HTTP proxy information is now read from the system and will prompt for a username/password if necessary.
• Improved folder browse dialog's FTP "Quick Connect" handling of passwords.
• Folder compare now excludes uncompared file pairs when the display filters are set to only show orphans.
• Various other fixes.

Limitations:

30-day trial