Avidemux vs icdiff
Avidemux
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| Figure | Avidemux | icdiff |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Diff and Merge Tools | 8.3 (#5) | 7.4 (#22) |
| License | The program is available under the GNU GPL license. | The README says the maker releases their changes under the same license as Python's difflib.HtmlDiff and that the license is GPL compatible. |
| Purpose | Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. | icdiff highlights changes between similar files in a side-by-side terminal view, especially small changes within existing lines. |
| Support | The homepage welcomes patches, translations and bug reports. | The product page links to the maker's contact page. |
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In their own words
Avidemux
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icdiff
icdiff is a free, open-source command-line program for comparing two files in a side-by-side terminal view. It emphasizes small changes within existing lines that may be difficult to spot with standard diff, rather than replacing diff for every situation. Users can highlight changes with foreground or background colors and customize the color map. Display options include line numbers, labels, whole-file output, whitespace highlighting, line truncation, and recursive directory comparison. The tool works with Git, Subversion, and Mercurial and supports two-way comparisons, not three-way merges. Installation methods listed by the maker include pip, apt, Homebrew, AUR, and Nix. It runs on Linux and macOS as a command-line tool that can be placed on the PATH. Input and output default to UTF-8, with command-line encoding options. Screen-width autodetection is Unix-only, and exclude-lines cannot be combined with line numbers.