dircomply is a lightweight tool to compare files between two directories.It highlights files that differ and those that are unique to each folder.Supports both CLI mode and GUI mode for ease of use.

• Compare files between two folders
• Detect differences in file contents
• List unique files in each folder
• Supported filetypes are listed later
• GUI mode for interactive comparison
• CLI mode for quick terminal use

Install dircomply using pip:

pip install dircomply

Compare two folders via CLI:

dircomply /path/to/folder1 /path/to/folder2

Launch GUI mode:

dircomply

Show version info:

dircomply --version

Display author details:

dircomply --author

Option Description --help, -h Show help message and exit --version, -v Show version number and exit --author, -a Show author name and exit --email, -e Show author email and exit If no arguments are passed, GUI mode will be launched.

dircomply compares only files with the following extensions:

        ".txt", ".py", ".bat", ".html", ".ts",".json",".scss",".tcl",".md",
        ".yaml",".yml",".ini",".in",".sh",".gitignore"

Also check below files on existence check rather than the content difference check.

        ".xlsx", ".csv", ".docx",
        ".png",".jpeg",".jpg",".ods",
        ".pdf"

All other file types are ignored during the comparison.