Scooter Software

05/20/2026

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.

05/07/2026

Scooter Software has great customers all over the world. Now we need to expand our staff that takes care of them.

Our current opening is for a Support and Testing Engineer in Madison, WI: https://www.scootersoftware.com/about

Interested? Please send your resume and cover letter to [email protected].

Scooter Software: Home of Beyond Compare

03/31/2026

Fake Website Alert! A fraudulent website pretending to be Scooter Software is using the address WWW dot SCOOTERSOFTWARE dot NET.

https://forum.scootersoftware.com/forum/from-scooter-software/news-announcements/98424-fake-website-alert-www-dot-scootersoftware-dot-net

03/24/2026

We've released Beyond Compare 5.2.1.32035.

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

02/23/2026

Beyond Compare 5.2.0.31950 official 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.

Thank you to testers that provided feedback on 5.2 beta.

02/03/2026

Beyond Compare 5.2.0.31866 beta 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.

Downloads, Change Log:
www.scootersoftware.com/beta/

We appreciate your feedback!

12/18/2025

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.

12/17/2025

The end (of the year) is nigh! If you've been waiting to scoop BC up at a sale price, you'll have another chance as the calendar turns itself over.

Take 20% off of any BC license with code HAPPYNY from December 30th, 2025 until January 3rd, 2026 (U.S. CST): https://www.scootersoftware.com/sales/promo

11/20/2025

Cyber Monday is coming up, and so is a fab ONE DAY SALE on BC!

Take 25% off of any Beyond Compare license December 1st, 2025 (U.S. CST) with coupon code CYBERMON25.

Mark your calendars now so you don't miss it. 😎

https://www.scootersoftware.com/sales/promo

10/29/2025

Beyond Compare 5.1.6.31527 released. General stability and polish improvements.