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The world's most powerful file comparison app. Articles, tips, and opinions from our team, based in Austria and Germany.

By @catlan.bsky.social, @flo-muc.bsky.social, and @merrysuperstar.bsky.social
Kaleidoscope 6.4 introduces an all-new Image Comparison built on a modern technology stack.
Experience faster, more precise visual diffs you can fine-tune to your needs — and help us squash the last bugs in the public beta: blog.kaleidoscope.app/2025/10/31/t...
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Update to Kaleidoscope 6.3 to check out the changes we made to embrace Liquid Glass in macOS Tahoe. Here’s the Welcome Window showing Git Repositories:
September 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Thank You Michael Tsai!
mjtsai.com/blog/2025/05...
July 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
May 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Kaleidoscope 6.0 just got smarter! Collapse unchanged text blocks for faster, cleaner comparisons. Focus on what really matters — the differences.
May 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Welcome Taska to the Leitmotif Family! It’s our beautiful new native app for tracking issues on GitHub and GitLab. Learn all about Taska and let us know what you think:

taska.now
March 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Also new in Kaleidoscope 5.3: quickly compare any branch against the current working copy.
January 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Want to see a git commit history right in Kaleidoscope? Simply update to version 5.3!
January 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
When looking at the commit history of a file, Navigate > File History > Select Previous A & B and … Select Next A & B let you browse changes one by one. Use shortcuts ⌃[ and ⌃] to navigate without taking your fingers off the keyboard.
January 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Did you know that you can quickly preview any file in a Folder Comparison or Changeset by pressing space or selecting View > Quick Look ⌘Y?
January 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Whenever you spot a (short) git commit hash anywhere on your system, even on a web page, just open the changeset of that commit in Kaleidoscope from the service menu.
January 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Did you accidentally open a branch comparison in the wrong order? No worries! Just right-click on the row in Recents and select ‘Open Inverted’.
January 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In File Properties, you’ll find all the data except for the actual content. Even Extended Attributes and the presence of a BOM in UTF-8 files are included.
January 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Want to know the exact file size of an item in a folder comparison? Just hover over the size shown and you’ll get a tooltip with the byte size. It works for the date modified too. And guess what? Folders also show you the total size of their contents.
January 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
When you see a commit hash in Kaleidoscope, you can pop up a menu with handy commands like copying the hash, checking out the full details, or opening the commit in your source service.
January 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
In a text document, quickly jump to a specific line using the keyboard shortcut ⌘L (or Navigate > Jump to Line). Since Kaleidoscope has multiple editors, you’ll need a way to select which editor you want to jump to. In addition to the buttons, you can also use ⌘◀ or ⌘A to select side A, and so on.
January 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It's a great honor to once again be included in Brett's Favorite macOS Apps this year, alongside some of our own heroes. Thank you @ttscoff.bsky.social for the recognition! 🙌
December 27, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Want to be the first to check out new features in Kaleidoscope 5.3? Like the ability to compare directly with the working copy. And much more… Just set Software Update to Include Beta Versions. Merry Christmas!
December 23, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Big thanks to @robbiethewagner.dev for the shoutout in his latest blog post, "Top 5 Web Developer Tools for 2025"! We're proud to be featured alongside Warp, VSCode Insiders, Arc and GitHub Desktop. #WebDevelopment
December 10, 2024 at 1:33 PM