Scooter Software

09/25/2026

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 with a special discount for two days only!

Use the code HAPPY30 to take 30% off of any license Friday October 2nd and Saturday October 3rd, 2026 (U.S. CDT): https://www.scootersoftware.com/sales/promo

09/24/2026

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.

08/03/2026

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.
Fixed width of Folder Compare "Confirm File Replace" dialog in Russian localization.
Windows: Add build number to installer window caption.

07/22/2026

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.

06/29/2026

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.

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].

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