Compare old and new text
Text Compare is a simple text comparison app for Gnome desktop environment.
- Compare old and new text
- Select comparison token
- Switch to dark, light or system mode
If you find this app useful, do consider contributing. If you are wondering how, you can contribute in the following ways:
- Star the project repository on GitHub
- Report bugs if you encounter some. There are probably a handful of them.
- You can also contribute code. If it is a bug fix, do open a pull request(PR). However, if it is a new feature, first open an issue so that we discuss it before opening a PR.
- Download GNOME builder. It's the fastest way to get up and running.
- Use GNOME builder to clone this project to your local machine. The Clone Repository button is at the bottom of the GNOME builder Welcome screen.
- Use the Shift + Ctrl + Space keyboard combination to run the project after opening it in GNOME builder. You can also use the ▶ button at the top.
Compare is a free software and will always be free. It is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3.0.
- This app's UI is inspired by Workbench. Thank you Sonny Piers and the other maintainers of Workbench.
- Internally, the app uses jsdiff, a JS implementation of Myers' Difference Algorithm. Thank you Kevin Decker and the other maintainers of jsdiff.
This project is GPL-3.0 Licensed and jsdiff, the text diff package it uses internally, is BSD 3-Clause Licensed.
Copyright © 2025 Joseph Mawa
