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.

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  1. Tweak is a hex editor. It allows you to edit a file at very low level, letting you see the full and exact binary contents of the file. It can be useful for modifying binary files such as executables, editing disk or CD images, debugging programs that generate binary file formats...

    53 Tweak hex editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. MadEdit-Mod icon
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    Cross platform text/hex editor based on MadEdit with a lot of fixes and new features added, such as Drag-Drop Edit(cross platform), Highlight word, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Dataescher HexEditor is a tool designed for firmware developers, supporting Intel Hex, Motorola Hex, ELF, and more formats. It features a sleek interface, memory region navigation, efficient handling of large files, and powerful command line utility. Ideal for embedded systems work.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. BinHex CryPactor, a tiny and portable application that can be used to manipulate binary and hexadecimal strings!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Preon aims to provide a framework for dealing with binary encoded data; or more specifically, it aims to deal with situations in which bytes are considered to be overkill. The project is named after the "point-like" particles, conceived to be subcomponents of quarks...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  6. File Peek icon
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    Use the built-in hex editor, get MD5, SHA1, SHA256 hashes and Base64 with one click, or change the modified and created dates.

    54 File Peek alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7.  2 likes

    Climacs is an open source Emacs-like text editor written in Common Lisp. It has a good integration with other CLIM-based applications and uses Common Lisp Interface Manager (CLIM) library, called ESA, that provides an Emacs-style user interface, rather than the normal CLIM UI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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