Kaleidoscope 3 4+

Spot the differences in text and image files, or even folders full of files. Review changes in seconds, with the world's most advanced and beautiful file comparison app.

Kaleidoscope 3 marks the comeback of a longtime favorite: completely redesigned interface fitting in perfectly with the latest versions of macOS, dark mode support, native for Apple Silicon. All while staying the best tool for spotting changes in text, images and folders.

WHAT'S NEW IN KALEIDOSCOPE 3?

- Redesigned interface, including new dark mode and new app icon; Kaleidoscope's design now fits macOS Big Sur and Monterey
- Runs natively on all Macs, including those based on Apple silicon (Apple M1 series).
- Reader view makes it easier to focus on the content
- Greater control over text layout, with better font options and display choices
- Ability to ignore particular folders and files during folder compare, using powerful patterns.
- Persistent top toolbar with convenient Add and Paste buttons
- Redesigned Unified text comparison and File Shelf views to make it easier to review differences and keep track of files being compared
- Powerful filters for comparing items in changeset windows

KALEIDOSCOPE FEATURES

Two-Way Text Comparison & Merging
- Supports any text file, Word documents, PDF, RTF
- Super-fast diffing of lines and character-level changes
- Directly paste from clipboard
- Three powerful display modes: Blocks, Fluid and Unified
- Color coding to spot added, deleted, and changed text
- Powerful text layout customization
- Reader view that helps focus on content
- Built-in search

Three-Way Merge
- Review code changes and resolve conflicts
- Edit text inline
- Intelligently auto-merge the right content

Powerful Image Comparison
- Supports any file that can be imported as bitmap
- Directly paste from clipboard
- Compare images in four different modes: Two-Up, One-Up, Split and Difference
- Spot subtle pixel differences with a high contrast “difference mask”
- Navigate large images using pan & zoom tools

Folder Comparison
- Ultra-fast algorithm for finding differences in large folders
- Sort and filter down to what is most important
- Powerful ignore patterns to exclude extraneous files and folders
- Drill deeper into folders for more detailed comparisons
- Copy your preferred files across sources

Code Review
- Well-designed overview of all files changed in a changeset
- Find a file by filtering by name or by kind of change
- Inspect changes in text and image files using all of Kaleidoscope's compare tools

Easy Workflow Integration
- Git, Mercurial, Subversion, Bazaar, and Perforce support
- Works as a fully functional diff or merge tool
- ksdiff tool unleashes the power of the unix command-line
- Supported by a growing list of GUI source control management apps
- Integrate with the Xcode debugger (lldb) for text and graphics
- Integrates with tools like Alfred for even faster workflows

PRAISE FOR KALEIDOSCOPE 2

"Kaleidoscope epitomizes the concept of “versatile software”: anyone can pick it up and use it, and the app will “scale” according to a user’s needs." - Federico Viticci, MacStories.net

"Kaleidoscope 2 is breeze. I wish I'd had something like Kaleidoscope when I wrote my first novel, and I'll be counting on it when I finally get around to writing the next one." - Rene Ritchie, iMore.com

"It’s beautifully designed, fast and wonderful to use. It’s become an essential part of my toolkit already." - Matthew Panzarino, The Next Web

"I've been a full-time developer for over a decade, tried other tools, and there's just nothing else that comes close to Kaleidoscope." - Collin Donnell

"The new Kaleidoscope is great, and has awesome and committed people behind it. Devs and designers need this tool." - @SteveStreza


SUPPORT

If you have any questions or feedback about Kaleidoscope, please contact us at support@kaleidoscope.app.
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