A Freeware hex editor allows users to view and edit files in binary mode, search for particular content or address in the file.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
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- Windows
HxD Alternatives
HxD is described as 'Carefully designed and fast hex editor which, additionally to raw disk editing and modifying of main memory (RAM), handles files of any size' and is a very popular Text Editor in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to HxD for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best HxD alternative is ImHex, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like HxD are wxHexEditor, 010 Editor, wxMEdit and Hex Workshop.
Alternatives list
- 30 Febooti HEX Editor alternatives
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- Xfce
49 PE Explorer alternativesPE Explorer is the most feature-packed program for inspecting the inner workings of your own software, and more importantly, third party Windows applications and libraries for which you do not have source code.
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Comments about PE Explorer as an Alternative to HxD
- PE Explorer is Paid and Proprietary
RJ TextEd is a full featured text and source editor with Unicode support, syntax highlighting and code folding. The functionality extends beyond text files and includes support for HTML editing with integrated preview, spell checking, auto completion, HTML validation, templates...
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
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- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Xfce
26 Batch Hex Editor alternativesReplace, insert, delete, copy, and otherwise modify bytes and bits in multiple files. Perform bitwise operations on specified bytes with bitmasks and operators like NOT, AND, OR, XOR. Reverse order of specified bytes and bits. Compute file hashes.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
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DataWorkshop, a flexible, multiplatform binary data editor written in java. Implements power structure definition tool that allows to describe complex data structures inside files using loops and condition.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
124 Aquamacs Emacs alternativesAn Editor for Text, HTML, LaTeX, C++, Java, Python, R, Perl, Ruby, PHP, and more...
BEYE (Binary EYE) is a free, portable, advanced file viewer with built-in editor for binary, hexadecimal and disassembler modes. It contains a highlight AVR/Java/i86-AMD64/ARM-XScale/PPC-64 and other disassembler, full preview of MZ,NE,PE,ELF and other.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BlackBerry QNX
- FreeDOS
- FreeBSD
- MS-DOS
JujuEdit is a file editor, or alternatively a text editor with knobs-on. It is an application designed for me and people like me. At its simplest, it makes a fine replacement for Notepad. It may appeal more to computer nerds who like syntax hilighting and advanced find/replace...
DHEX is a more than just another hex editor: It includes a diff mode, which can be used to easily and conveniently compare two binary files. Since it is based on ncurses and is themeable, it can run on any number of systems and scenarios.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
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It's not focused on hex editing general files, RAM or disk, but PE files, only.