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WinMerge is an Open Source data comparison and merging tool for text-like files.

What's new in 2.16.53.0

GitHub Releases (by Release) WinMerge 2.16.53 Release Notes - About This Release - What Is New in 2.16.53 beta? - Known issues January 2026 About This Release This is a WinMerge beta release which is meant for preview the current state of WinMerge development. This release is not recommended for the production. Please submit bug reports to our bug-tracker. What Is New in 2.16.53 General - Allow comparing files by editing header path (Ctrl+L / Alt+D) (PR #3093) File compare - Async binary comparison for “Selected files are identical” dialog (PR #3060) Binary compare - BugFix: Fixed crash when an error occurs while opening files in the binary comparison window. Image compare - [ImageCompare] Problems with unsupported formats (#3044) - Update freeimage to 3.19.10 Webpage compare - BugFix: Fixed garbled filenames displayed in Web comparison tabs and header bar Folder compare - BugFix: This line cannot be displayed correctly after translation. msgid "Failed to extract archive.\nCompare as text file?" (#3073) - BugFix: Unexpected file closure when moving files from a comparison (#3088) - Add Display Filter to Folder Compare (PR #3106) - Add folder statistics filter attributes and helper menu (PR #3111) - Introduce isWithin() and inRange() for explicit inclusive/exclusive range checks (PR #3124) Options dialog - Add option to select user data location (AppData or Documents) (PR #3078) Plugins - CompareMSExcelFiles: Replace line breaks with space in MSExcel formulas (PR #3028) - Updated jq to 1.8.1 Translations - Translation updates: - Brazilian (PR #3034,#3064,#3085,#3101,#3107,#3...

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