Active@ Disk Editor Alternatives

Active@ Disk Editor is described as 'A hexadecimal low level disk editor with extensive templates for NTFS, FAT and exFAT partitions' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Active@ Disk Editor for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Snapcraft apps. The best Active@ Disk Editor alternative is HxD, which is free. Other great apps like Active@ Disk Editor are UltraEdit, 010 Editor, wxHexEditor and DMDE.

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A hexadecimal low level disk editor with extensive templates for NTFS, FAT and exFAT partitions

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Active@ Disk Editor alternatives page was last updated Oct 30, 2024
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  1. HxD icon

    HxD

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    HxD is a carefully designed and fast hex editor which, additionally to raw disk editing and modifying of main memory (RAM), handles files of any size.

    56 HxD alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    HxD screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Hex Editor
    5.  Disk editor

    HxD VS Active@ Disk Editor

     

    • HxD is the most popular Windows alternative to Active@ Disk Editor.

    • HxD is the most popular free alternative to Active@ Disk Editor.

    • HxD is Free and ProprietaryActive@ Disk Editor is also Free and Proprietary
    • HxD is LightweightActive@ Disk Editor is not according to our users
  2. UltraEdit icon

    UltraEdit

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    UltraEdit is the ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers. An industry-award winner, UltraEdit supports disk-based 64-bit file handling (standard) on 32-bit Windows platforms (Windows 2000 and later).

    205 UltraEdit alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    UltraEdit features an integrated FTP browser and supports syntax highlighting for hundreds of languages, with more always in the works. And with an integrated SSH/telnet client, scripting, custom tools, macros and Smart Templates, UltraEdit's ready for any coding session.

    UltraEdit Features

    1.  Column based text editing
    2.  Support for large files
    3.  Hex Editor

    UltraEdit VS Active@ Disk Editor

     

    • UltraEdit is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Active@ Disk Editor.

    • UltraEdit is the most popular commercial alternative to Active@ Disk Editor.

    • UltraEdit is Paid and ProprietaryActive@ Disk Editor is Free and Proprietary
  4. 010 Editor icon

    010 Editor

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    010 Editor is a professional text/hex editor designed to edit any file, drive, or process on your machine. Using Binary Templates technology, 010 Editor allows a binary file to be parsed into a data structure that can be understood.

    48 010 Editor alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    010 Editor screenshot 1

    010 Editor Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Hex Editor
    3.  Disk editor

    010 Editor VS Active@ Disk Editor

     
  5. wxHexEditor icon

    wxHexEditor

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    Hex Editor. Support editing or comparing (diff) very large files up to 2^64 bytes. Cross-platform Linux, Mac OS, Windows.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • TR flagTürkiye

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    wxHexEditor screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The project seems no longer developed since 2020. Last version, 0.24, released in December 2017, can be still downloaded from SourceForge and GitHub

    wxHexEditor Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Key binding
    3.  Hexadecimal
    4.  Visual Programming
    5.  Hex Editor
    6.  ASCII Editor
    7.  Disk editor
    8.  Support for Unicode
    9.  Disassembler

    wxHexEditor VS Active@ Disk Editor

     

    • wxHexEditor is the most popular Open Source alternative to Active@ Disk Editor.

    • wxHexEditor is Free and Open SourceActive@ Disk Editor is Free and Proprietary
  6. DMDE icon

    DMDE

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    DM Disk Editor and Data Recovery (DMDE) is a disk editor which can help you to understand NTFS. Its capable to view your hard disk sector wise, on MFT level, to disect mft attributes and to edit bytes on your hard disk.

    100 DMDE alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    hard disk selection

    DMDE Features

    1.  NTFS Partition Recovery
    2.  Filesystem
    3.  Partition Recovery

    DMDE VS Active@ Disk Editor

     
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    Okteta

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    Okteta is a simple editor for the raw data of files. This type of program is also called hex editor or binary editor. The data is displayed in the traditional view with two columns: one with the numeric values and one with the assigned characters.

    41 Okteta alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
    Okteta screenshot 1

    Okteta Features

    1.  Hex Editor

    Okteta VS Active@ Disk Editor

     
  9. Hex Fiend icon

    Hex Fiend

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    A fast and clever open source hex editor for macOS.

    41 Hex Fiend alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Hex Fiend screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    2.  Checksums verification

    Hex Fiend VS Active@ Disk Editor

     
  10. BinEd icon

    BinEd

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    BinEd is a hex editor tool, which allows to directly browse and edit content of any file or binary data.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Java
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Apache NetBeans
    • IntelliJ IDEA
    • Eclipse
    BinEd screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Java based
    6.  Undo and redo
    7.  Hex Editor
    8.  Hexadecimal
    9.  Data visualization
    10.  Support for Unicode

    BinEd VS Active@ Disk Editor

     

    • BinEd is the most popular Android alternative to Active@ Disk Editor.

    • BinEd is Free and Open SourceActive@ Disk Editor is Free and Proprietary
    • BinEd is Privacy focusedActive@ Disk Editor is not according to our users
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    PE Explorer

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    PE 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.

    50 PE Explorer alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PE Explorer screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Not updated for very long time, no 64bit support.

    PE Explorer Features

    1.  Disassembler

    PE Explorer VS Active@ Disk Editor

     
    Comments about PE Explorer as an Alternative to Active@ Disk Editor
    jaejunks
    Negative •Sep 24, 2017
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    PE Explorer is not a disk editor

    PE Explorer icon
    • PE Explorer is Paid and ProprietaryActive@ Disk Editor is Free and Proprietary
  12. WinHex icon

    WinHex

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    WinHex is a hexadecimal editor capable of opening disks, sectors, files (native support for FAT, NTFS, Ext2/3, ReiserFS, Reiser4, UFS, CDFS, UDF) and physical memory (RAM). It can read, write and extract data for a further forensic analysis.

    44 WinHex alternatives

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main window

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Recover Corrupted Files
    2.  NTFS Partition Recovery
    3.  Disk editor
    4.  Hex Editor
    5.  ASCII Editor
    6.  Support for Unicode

    WinHex VS Active@ Disk Editor

     
  13. Ghex icon

    Ghex

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    GHex - a hex editor for GNOME

    GHex allows the user to load data from any file, view and edit it in either hex or ascii.

    Useful for debugging problems with object code or encodings.

    Also used by kids who cheat at computer games, by adding score or lives to saved games.

    26 Ghex alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Ghex screenshot 1

    Ghex Features

    1.  Hex Editor

    Ghex VS Active@ Disk Editor

     
  14. MadEdit icon

    MadEdit

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    MadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    Main window
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.2.9, released in February 2009, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

    MadEdit Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Hex Editor

    MadEdit VS Active@ Disk Editor

     
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