Comparison of hex editors
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General
Type | Software license | Cost | Latest version | Latest release date | Windows | Macintosh | Linux | |
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010 Editor | GUI | Proprietary | USD 50–130 | 3.0.5 | Yes (Win98 and up) | No | No | |
0xED | GUI | Proprietary (Freeware) | 0 | 1.0.7 | Template:Dts/lkno | No | Yes (Mac OS X) | No |
1Fh | GUI | Proprietary (Freeware) | 0 | 1.18 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | No | No |
HxD | GUI | Proprietary (Freeware) | 0 | 1.7.7.0 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes (Win95, WinNT4 and up) | No | Partial (compatible with Wine) |
AptEdit | GUI | Proprietary | USD 44.95 | 4.8.1 | Yes (Win2000 and up) | No | No | |
AXE | Proprietary | USD 35 | 3.4 | Yes (Win95 and up) | No | No | ||
AviHex | GUI | Proprietary (Freeware) | 0 | 2.4.0c | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | No | No |
Be.HexEditor | GUI | Proprietary | 0 | 1.3 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes (Win2k and up) | No | No |
BIEW | Console | GPL | 0 | 5.7.2 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Binary Viewer Free | GUI | Proprietary (Freeware) | 0 | 1.0.0 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | No | No |
Binary Viewer Pro | GUI | Proprietary | USD 10 | 1.0.0 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | No | No |
Bless | GUI | GPL | 0 | 0.6.0 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes (Mono/.NET) | Yes (Mono) | Yes (Mono) |
bvi | Console | GPL | 0 | 1.3.2 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes (DOS, Win95 and up) | Yes | Yes |
Catch22 Hexedit | GUI | Proprietary | 0 | 1.2.1 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes (Win95 and up) | No | No |
Cygnus Hex Editor | Proprietary | USD 39 | 2.50 | Yes (WinNT4 and up) | No | No | ||
Cygnus Hex Editor FREE EDITION | Proprietary (Freeware) | 0 | 1.00 | Yes (Win95 and up) | No | No | ||
DataWorkshop | GUI | GPL | 0 | 1.1.1 | Yes(Java) | Yes(Java) | Yes(Java) | |
EditPad Pro | GUI | Proprietary | USD 50 | 6.4.1 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes (Win98 and up) | No | No |
Emacs | Console/GUI | GPL | 0 | 22.3 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | Yes | Yes |
febooti fileTweak Hex Editor | Proprietary | 0 | 2.0 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes (Win95 and up) | No | No | |
FlexHex | GUI | Proprietary | USD 40 | 2.60 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes (WinNT4 and up) | No | No |
Frhed (Free Hex Editor) | GUI | GPL | 0 | 1.6.0 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes (Win98 and up) | No | No |
GHex | GUI | GPL | 0 | 2.22.0 | Template:Dts/lkno | No | No | Yes |
Hackman Hex Editor Professional | Proprietary | USD 30 | 9.01 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | No | No | |
HEdit | Proprietary | 0 | 3.0.0.1 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | No | No | |
heme | Console | GPL | 0 | 0.4.2 | Template:Dts/lkno | No | No | Yes |
HexCurse | Console | GPL | 0 | 1.55 | Template:Dts/lkno | No | No | Yes |
Hex Edit | GUI | Proprietary | USD 40 | 3.4 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | No | No |
Hex Edit Free | GUI | Proprietary | 0 | 3.0F | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | No | No |
HexEdit by Lane Roathe | MPL | 0 | 2.20 | Template:Dts/lkno | No | Yes (680x0/PowerPC) | No | |
HexEdit by Geoffrey Prewett | GUI | Proprietary (Freeware) | 0 | 1.03 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | No | No |
hexedit | Console | GPL | 0 | 1.2.12 | Template:Dts/lkno | No | Yes (via MacPorts) | Yes |
Hex Fiend | Console | Proprietary[1] | 0 | 1.1.1 | Template:Dts/lkno | No | Yes | No |
HexIt | Console | Proprietary (sourcecode included) |
0 | 1.57 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes (DOS, Win95 and up) | No | No |
Hexplorer | GUI | GPL | 0 | 2.6 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes (Win95 and up) | No | No |
Hexprobe Hex Editor | GUI | Proprietary | USD 40 | 4.3 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes (Win95 and up) | No | No |
Hex Workshop | GUI | Proprietary | USD 90 | 6.0.1 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes (Win2K and up) | No | No |
HHD Software Free Hex Editor Neo |
GUI | Proprietary | 0 | 4.93.03 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes (Win2K and up) | No | No |
HHD Software Hex Editor Neo |
GUI | Proprietary | USD 25–80 | 4.93.03 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes (Win2K and up) | No | No |
Hiew | Console | Proprietary | USD 64–199 | 8.00 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | No | No |
HT Editor | Console | GPL | 0 | 2.0.13 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | No | Yes |
i.Hex | GUI | Proprietary | 0 | 0.95 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | No | Yes |
iBored | GUI | Proprietary (Freeware) | 0 | 1.1 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | Yes | Yes |
KHexEdit | GUI | GPL | 0 | 0.8.5 | Template:Dts/lkno | No | No | Yes |
MadEdit | GUI | GPL | 0 | 0.2.8 beta | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Notepad++ (with Hex Editor Plugin) | GUI | GPL | 0 | 5.3.1 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | No | No |
Okteta | GUI | GPL | 0 | 0.2.0 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | Yes | Yes |
shed | Console | GPL | 0 | 1.13 | Template:Dts/lkno | No | Yes | Yes |
tiny hexer | GUI | Proprietary (Freeware) | 0 | 1.8.1.6 | Template:Dts/lkno, not developed anymore | Yes (Win98 and up) | No | No |
VEDIT | Console/GUI | Proprietary | USD 89 | 6.15.2 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | No | No |
UltraEdit | GUI | Proprietary | USD 49.95 | 15.20 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes | No | Yes |
webhex.net | GUI | none (web application) | 0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
WinHex | GUI | Proprietary | EUR 43–146 | 15.1 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes (Win95 and up) | No | Partial (Compatible with wine) |
wxHexEditor | GUI | GPL | 0 | 0.07 Alpha | Template:Dts/lkno | Not yet | Yes | Yes |
XVI32 executable | GUI | Proprietary (Freeware) | 0 | 2.51 | Template:Dts/lkno | Yes (Win95 and up) | No | No |
Type | Software license | Cost | Latest version | Latest release date | Windows | Macintosh | Linux |
Features
Maximum file size | Partial file loading | Disk sector editing | Bit editing | Text editor | Insert / Delete bytes | Character encodings(ao) | Search Unicode | File structure view | Disassembler | File Compare | Find in Files | Bookmarks | |
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010 Editor | unlimited | Yes | Partial (only Windows NT and up[2]) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, Macintosh | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
0xED | unlimited | Yes | Yes | Yes | ASCII, UTF-8/UTF-16 encoded Unicode, ISO-Latin-1, Macintosh | No | No | ||||||
1Fh | 2Gb | No | No | No | No | No | OEM, custom | No | No | No | No | No | No |
HxD | unlimited [3] | Yes | Yes (Windows 9x/NT and up) | No | No | Yes | ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, Macintosh | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
AptEdit | unlimited | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
AXE | 2 GB | Yes | Partial (only Windows NT and up) | Unicode, ANSI, EBCDIC | Yes | Yes | No | ||||||
AviHex | unlimited | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
Be.HexEditor | unlimited | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ||
BIEW | 8'192 TB | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | ANSI, EBCDIC, ASCII, Macintosh | Yes | Yes (AVR, Java, x86, i386, x86 64, ARM/XScale, PowerPC, PPC64) | Yes | |||
Binary Viewer Free | unlimited | No | No | No | No | No | ASCII | No | No | ||||
Binary Viewer Pro | unlimited | No | No | No | No | No | ASCII | Yes | No | ||||
Bless | unlimited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ASCII | No | No | No | No | ||
bvi | unlimited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ANSI, ASCII | No | No | |||||
Catch22 HexEdit | 4 GB | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ANSI | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Cygnus Hex Editor | 2 GB | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
Cygnus Hex Editor FREE EDITION | 2 GB | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | ||||||
DataWorkshop | 2 GB | Yes | No | ||||||||||
febooti fileTweak Hex Editor | 2 GB | No | No | No | No | ANSI | No | No | |||||
FlexHex | unlimited | Yes | Partial (only Windows NT and up) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ANSI/MBCS, Unicode | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Frhed | limited by free RAM | Yes | No(read only) | Yes | No | Yes | ANSI, OEM | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
GHex | limited by free RAM | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ASCII | No | No | No | |||
Hackman Hex Editor Professional | unlimited | Yes | Yes | No | No | ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, ASCII, Macintosh, custom | Yes | Yes | Yes (AVR, Java, x86, Pentium III, Pentium 4-Prescott, Athlon-K7, Athlon 64, Cyrix-M2) | No | |||
HEdit | > 2 GB | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ANSI, EBCDIC | No | |||||
heme | 2 GB | No | No | Yes | No | ANSI | No | No | No | ||||
Hex Edit | unlimited | Yes | Partial (9X/NT: vol, NT: raw) | Yes | Partial (external: notepad) | Yes | ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Hex Edit Free | unlimited | Yes | No | Yes | Partial (external: notepad) | Yes | ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
HexEdit by Lane Roathe | Yes | Yes | Yes (PowerPC) | ||||||||||
Hex Fiend | unlimited | No | No | No | No | No | ANSI | No | No | No | No | No | No |
HexIt | limited by free RAM | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes (x86, Pentium II-Deschutes, AMD K6-2) | ||||||
Hexplorer | No | Partial (only Windows NT and up) | No | No | ANSI, OEM | No | Yes | No | |||||
Hexprobe Hex Editor | unlimited | Yes | Partial (only Windows NT and up) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ANSI, OEM | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
Hex Workshop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial (external: notepad) | Yes | ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, Macintosh | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
HHD Software Free Hex Editor Neo | unlimited[4] | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ANSI, Unicode | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
HHD Software Hex Editor Neo | unlimited | Yes | Partial (only Windows NT and up) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ANSI, Unicode, ASCII, OEM, ISO, EBCDIC, MAC, UTF7/UTF8 (Export), KOI8, ISCII, EUC, Arabic | Yes | Yes | Yes (x86, x86-64, MMX, SSE, SSE2, 3DNow!, MSIL) | Yes | Yes (Replace) | Yes |
Hiew | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | ASCII | Yes | Yes | Yes (x86, x86-64) | Yes | |||
HT Editor | > 200GB | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes (x86, ARM, PowerPC) | |||||
i.Hex | unlimited | Yes | No | Yes | No | ASCII | No | Yes | No | ||||
iBored | unlimited | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | UTF-8 | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
KHexEdit | limited by free RAM | ANSI, ASCII, EBCDIC. | No | ||||||||||
MadEdit | 32 GB | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ANSI, OEM, ASCII, Macintosh | Yes | No | No | No | Yes (Replace) | |
Notepad++ | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
shed | 2 GB | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ASCII | No | No | No | |||
Okteta | limited by free RAM | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ANSI, ASCII, EBCDIC, many others | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
tiny hexer | 2 GB | No | Partial (only Windows NT and up) | Yes | No | Yes | ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, ASCII, Macintosh, custom | Yes | Yes | No | Partial (same size) | No | |
VEDIT | 2 GB (standard), unlimited (Pro 64) | Yes | Partial (DOS version only) | Yes | Yes | Yes | ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, ASCII, custom | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
UltraEdit | >4 GB | Yes | Yes | Yes | ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, ASCII, Mac, Unix, UTF-8 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
webhex.net | 2 MB | No | No | No | No | No | ASCII | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
WinHex | unlimited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial (external: notepad) | Yes | Partial support of these formats: ANSI, UNICODE, OEM, UTF-8/UTF-16 EBCDIC, ASCII | Yes | Yes | Partial (Only x86 Intel opcodes) | Yes | Yes (Replace) | |
wxHexEditor | unlimited | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
XVI32 | 2 GB | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | ANSI | Yes | No | No | Yes | ||
Maximum file size | Partial file loading | Disk sector editing | Bit editing | Text editor | Insert / Delete bytes | Character encodings(ao) | Search Unicode | File structure view | Disassembler | File Compare | Find in Files | Bookmarks |
Notes and references
Notes
ao: ANSI is the Windows character set, OEM is the DOS character set. Both are based on ASCII.
References
- ↑ Hex Fiend license
- ↑ 010 Editor features, retrieved 2007-11-29
- ↑ HxD features
- ↑ HHD Software Hex Editor Neo edition comparison table, retrieved 2009-06-08
See also
- Hex editor
- Comparison of
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