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hxed

A lightweight command-line hex viewer in C with focused colors, heatmaps, entropy, search, string mode, and clean pipe support.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source (MIT)

Platforms

  • Linux
  • Mac
  • Windows
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  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused

Features

  1.  Command line interface
  2.  No Tracking
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  Syntax Highlighting
  5.  Works Offline
  6.  No registration required
  7.  Hex Viewer
  8.  Heatmap

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What is hxed?

A lightweight command-line hex viewer in C with focused colors, heatmaps, entropy, search, string mode, and clean pipe support.

Key features:

  • Classic Layout: Perfectly aligned hex bytes, addresses, and ASCII preview
  • Flexible Grouping: Group bytes with -g for faster pattern scanning in dense dumps
  • Raw Output Mode: Raw output to a file or to a pipe
  • Adaptive Heatmaps: Visualize byte ranges with 16-color adaptiv or fixed modes
  • Semantic Coloring: Instantly distinguish printable text, null bytes, and control characters
  • String Highlighting: Specialized mode to make embedded strings pop
  • Entropy Meter: Real-time Shannon entropy bar per line — spot encryption/compression instantly
  • Pattern Search: Match bytes via -se in a:, x:, d:, or b: format
  • Header + Footer Analysis: Toggle file metadata and magic byte detection with -th
  • Ultra Flexible: Custom widths, offsets, and limits for surgical binary inspection
  • Pipe Ready: Seamless stdin support with built-in pager integration (less/more)
  • Cross-Platform: Native performance on Linux, macOS, and Windows