Text Diff Checker

Client-sideNo sign-upFree

Compare two blocks of text line by line and see what was added, removed, or unchanged.

How this tool works

1

Paste both versions

Text A goes in the left panel, Text B in the right.

2

Lines are compared automatically

A line-based diff runs as soon as both fields have content.

3

Read the highlighted result

Added lines show green with a left border, removed lines show red, unchanged lines stay plain.

4

Check the summary counts

A quick tally of lines added and removed sits below the diff for an at-a-glance summary.

Quick facts

Category
Text Tools
Best for
Spotting exactly what changed between two drafts
Text A
Text B
Diff
The quick brown fox
- jumps over the lazy dog
+ jumps over the sleepy dog
This line stays the same
- This line will be removed
+ This line is new
2 added, 2 removed
In-content slot

About this tool

Paste two versions of a text into the Text A and Text B panels to see a line-by-line comparison, with added lines highlighted green and a left border, removed lines highlighted red with their own border, and unchanged lines shown plain in between. The comparison uses a straightforward longest-common-subsequence line matcher rather than a full Myers diff implementation - it’s tuned for clarity on typical-sized text (a paragraph, a config file, a changelog entry) rather than optimal minimal-diff output on huge files, so it’s a quick way to spot what actually changed between two drafts, not a replacement for a dedicated diff tool in your version control system. Everything runs client-side, so neither text is ever uploaded.

Why use this tool

Instant visual highlighting

Green and red line markers make changes obvious without reading every line manually.

Two-panel side-by-side input

Paste both versions directly rather than uploading files or switching between tabs.

Clear about its limits

Uses a simple line-based comparison, honestly described as not a full Myers diff algorithm.

Nothing leaves your browser

Compare drafts of sensitive documents without either version being uploaded anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

This tool compares whole lines using a simpler longest-common-subsequence approach, so it works well for line-level changes but doesn’t detect word-level or character-level edits within a line the way git’s diff can. If a single word changes in an otherwise identical line, that whole line shows as one removed line and one added line rather than a highlighted word.

Yes - the comparison is order-sensitive, since it’s matching lines by both content and position. If a block of lines gets moved elsewhere in the text without any content change, it will typically show as that block being removed from its old position and added at its new one, rather than being recognized as a move.

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