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WinMerge is Open Source software under the GNU General Public License.
This means everybody can download the source code and improve and modify it. The only thing we ask is that people submit their improvements and modifications back to us so that all WinMerge users may benefit.
GNU General Public License
WinMerge is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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The source code is hosted on GitHub in a Git repository:
https://github.com/winmerge/winmerge.git
You can also download the current branches as ZIP file:
| Download | Branch |
|---|---|
| master.zip | Master |
| stable-gh.zip | Stable |
Recent Commits 
- Fix assertion failure on empty buffer access 2026-06-01 07:59
- Update Russian.po (#3395) 2026-06-01 07:21
- Update Merge7z to 2601.1 2026-05-31 19:48
- Update Portuguese.po 2026-05-31 19:48
- Fix issue #3392: [BUG] Error dialogs when comparing two Rar4 files 2026-05-31 19:44
- Update French.po (#3393) 2026-05-31 17:35
- Update Manual 2026-05-30 07:10
- refactor: Replace constexpr function pointers with inline forwarding … 2026-05-30 05:45
- MergeDoc.cpp: Clear sync points before reloading compare files 2026-05-28 07:48
- Update Portuguese.po (#3391) 2026-05-28 07:00
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