Features of TextFilesCompare.com

TextFilesCompare.com is a powerful, user-friendly tool designed for quick and accurate text and file comparison. Whether you're comparing code, documents, or plain text, the platform offers a range of features to help you analyze differences efficiently.

✨ Key Features

• Text to Text Comparison: Paste or type content into two panels to compare side-by-side.
• File Upload Support: Upload `.txt`, `.html`, `.js`, `.xml`, `.py`, and `.php` files and auto-detect content types.
• Language Detection: Automatically detects code language and applies appropriate syntax highlighting (HTML, JavaScript, Python, PHP, XML, etc.).
• CodeMirror Merge View: Provides an interactive diff layout with syntax highlighting and line numbers.
• Word-Level Diff Toggle: Visualize changes at the word level below the main comparison panel.
• Auto Compare: Enable automatic diff generation when either input is changed.
• Collapse Identical Lines: Hide unchanged lines to focus only on differences.
• Merge Options: Merge text from right to left or vice versa with one click.
• Swap Inputs: Instantly swap the content of both text areas.
• Clear All: Clears both text areas and resets inputs.
• Line Count Display: Shows the number of lines in each text area.

📦 Export Options

• Download: Download the content of the left panel as a `.txt` file.
• Export Diff: Choose to export left, right, or diff view text.
• Export Patch: Generate and export a unified diff patch format.
• Export HTML: Export the formatted comparison in HTML format.
• Copy Diff: Copy the unified diff to clipboard.

🛠️ Additional Tools

• Search Feature: Search within both text panels.
• Undo / Redo: Revert or reapply recent edits.
• Context Lines: Configure how many unchanged lines to show around changes in inline view.
• Font Size Adjustments: Increase or decrease editor font size (A+ / A−).
• Dark Mode: Toggle between light and dark themes with persistent settings.
• Responsive Design: Fully usable on desktops, tablets, and mobile devices.

🔒 Privacy and Performance

• No Uploads to Server: All operations are client-side. Your data never leaves your browser.
• Fast Comparison: Optimized for quick diff generation even on large files (with warning for over 5000 lines).

Whether you're a developer comparing versions of code, or someone just needing to see changes in two pieces of content, TextFilesCompare.com is your all-in-one solution for clean, fast, and private text comparison.