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KDiff3

by KDE

A file and folder comparison and merge tool

Sandboxed Verified creator GPL-2.0-or-later v1.12.4
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About

KDiff3 is a file and folder diff and merge tool which

  • compares and merges two or three text input files or folders,
  • shows the differences line by line and character by character(!),
  • provides an automatic merge-facility,
  • has an editor for comfortable solving of merge-conflicts,
  • provides network transparency via KIO,
  • has options to highlight or hide changes in white-space or comments,
  • supports Unicode, UTF-8 and other file encodings,
  • prints differences,
  • supports version control keyword and history merging.

Permissions

Everything this app can reach outside its sandbox. Nothing here weakens it.

  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to xdg-config/kdeglobals
    --filesystem=xdg-config/kdeglobals:ro
  • talks to com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
    --talk-name=com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
  • talks to org.kde.kconfig.notify
    --talk-name=org.kde.kconfig.notify
  • talks to org.kde.KGlobalSettings
    --talk-name=org.kde.KGlobalSettings

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • https://download.kde.org/stable/kdiff3/kdiff3-1.12.6.tar.xz also publishes this app id
    publisher:collision
  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

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