This method uses the Plugin Manager to Install the plugin. This is easy to use method and good for the new user. There are two methods to install this Plugin. Read the below install section for further details. If there is no plugin manager or you face any issue, then you need to be download and install manually. There is no need to download compare plugin if you use the plugin manager/Admin to install it.

Source code(tar.gz) Install Compare Plugin in Notepad++.

It has the zip files for both Notepad++ 64 bit and 32-bit versions along with source code. That version is present under GitHub compare plugin repository. This version has some stability issues, so another Author fixed it.

Comparison against SVN database Download Compare Pluginĭownload the Plugin source code from the official Compare plugin project from Github and use Visual Studio to create the respective ComparePlugin.dll file.

The navigation bar shows a map of compared files.

This is a very useful diff plugin to show a difference between 2 files side by side, diff against Git, SVN and last save. Compare is a plugin for Notepad++ text editor that helps to compare two text files side by side to see the difference.

How to compare 2 files in notepad++