If you are interested in comparison of certain file types there are websites focused on these issues:

• Compare XML web-sites focuses on problems associated with comparison of XML files.
• For webmasters there is a Compare HTM web-site
• If your daily job is associated with Excel files and comparison of Spreadsheets, check out this site.

All developers and web-masters need to compare different files and these files usually located in the file sever and version control system provides access to these files. In this case there are some specific issues with such comparison, so learn more about version control and comparison of files.

Once files were obtained from the version control system, this version need to be compared and changed, if any found, should be audited, learn more about auditing versions of different files.

For the desktop usage there are two common applications of the software:

• Software for comparison for text files, such as Word files or general file compare tool;
• Software for merging folders;