October 3rd, 1996 holds a momentous place in Scooter Software's chronicles, as the date of Beyond Compare's first sale. Join us in celebrating 30 years of Beyond Compare! Use code HAPPY30 to take 30% off October 2nd and 3rd, 2026 (U.S. CDT): scootersoftware.com/sales/pr…

We've released Beyond Compare 5.2.6.32774. General polish, stability improvements, and vulnerability fixes. Updated 7-zip to 26.03. Fixes CVE-2026-58052.

We've released Beyond Compare 5.2.5.32528. Windows: Fixed Beyond Compare hanging on startup on Windows 7. Fixed Table Compare incorrectly decoding cells with date/time data. Fixed Hex Compare "Go To" dialog not allowing addresses past 0x7FFFFFFF.

We've released Beyond Compare 5.2.4.32425. Updated 7-zip to v26.02. Fixes CVE-2026-14266. Updated UnRAR source to v7.2.7 and UnRAR.dll to v7.2.3.

We've released Beyond Compare 5.2.3.32296. Updated 7-zip to 26.01. Fixes CVE-2026-48095. Fixed support for SFTP server-side CRC32 calculations using the check-file extension. Other minor fixes.

We've released Beyond Compare 5.2.2.32209. Dropping a .patch or .diff file on any view opens a Text Patch view. Updated third party libraries. General stability and polish improvements.

Scooter Software is expanding our staff! Our current opening is for a Support and Testing Engineer in Madison, WI: scootersoftware.com/about#jo…. Interested? Please send your resume and cover letter to [email protected].

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Beyond Compare 5.2.1.32035 released. Windows: Fixed .docx conversion failures when the system ANSI codepage is a DBCS. Windows: Fixed report Print, Print Preview, and Print to PDF scaling fonts incorrectly. Windows: Fixed crash when trying to uninstall a "Current User" install.

Beyond Compare 5.2.0.31950 released. Warning: Changed how saved passwords are stored. Exported profiles are compatible with previous versions, but downgrading an install will treat the passwords as blank. Fixed "Invalid key material type" error when connecting to Dropbox.

Beyond Compare 5.2.0.31866 beta released. Caution: Changed how saved passwords are stored. Exported profiles are compatible with previous versions, but downgrading an install will treat the passwords as blank. Downloads, Change Log: scootersoftware.com/beta/

We've released Beyond Compare 5.1.7.31736. macOS: Fixed hangs when opening "Settings" dialog or using "Install Command Line Tools..." on macOS 26.2 Tahoe. Windows: Installer and executables are now only signed with an SHA-256 digital signature and no longer include an SHA-1 one.

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Beyond Compare 5.1.6.31527 released. General stability and polish improvements.

Beyond Compare 5.1.5.31310 released. Updated 7-zip library to v25.01. Fixes CVE-2025-53816 and CVE-2025-53817. macOS/Linux: Fixed repeated Open Clipboard in file compares toggling between the clipboard contents and nothing. Fixed slow/jittery column resizing in Table Compare.

We've released Beyond Compare 5.1.4.31268. macOS/Linux: Fixed crash regressions introduced in 5.1.3.

We've released Beyond Compare 5.1.3.31238. Updated UnRAR to fix another directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-8088). General stability improvements and enhancements.

Beyond Compare 5.1.2.31185 released. Fixed mouse clicks on checkboxes in list tables not toggling the correct checkbox, broken in 5.1.1. Fixed Text Compare crash when deleting a single line difference.

Beyond Compare 5.1.1.31157 released. Updated unrar to fix a vulnerability. Linux: Creating empty /etc/default/bcompare file prevents .rpm package from adding BC repository. Linux: Launcher script sets QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb to improve Wayland behavior.