BinEd Alternatives

BinEd is described as 'Hex editor tool, which allows to directly browse and edit content of any file or binary data' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to BinEd for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Xfce apps. The best BinEd alternative is HxD, which is free. Other great apps like BinEd are ImHex, wxHexEditor, Okteta and wxMEdit.

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

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  1. HxD icon
    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.

    55 HxD alternatives
    HxD screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    HxD screenshot 1
    Editing the memory image of a running process

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

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

    HxD VS BinEd

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    • HxD is the most popular Windows alternative to BinEd.

    • HxD is the most popular free alternative to BinEd.

    • HxD is Free and ProprietaryBinEd is Free and Open Source
    • HxD is LightweightBinEd is not according to our users
  2. ImHex icon
    ImHex icon

    ImHex

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    ImHex is a free, featureful Hex Editor with many tools often only found in paid products. It includes a custom built scripting language for highlighting and decoding binary data, a disassembler, extensive file analysis tools and much much more

    26 ImHex alternatives
    ImHex screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    ImHex screenshot 1
    ImHex screenshot 2

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    2.  Disassembler
    3.  GPL
    4.  Portable
    5.  Support for scripting
    6.  Ad-free
    ImHex iconBinEd Icon

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    • ImHex is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to BinEd.

    • ImHex is the most popular Open Source alternative to BinEd.

    • ImHex is Free and Open SourceBinEd is also Free and Open Source
    • ImHex is LightweightBinEd is not according to our users
  4. wxHexEditor icon
    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.

    54 wxHexEditor alternatives
    wxHexEditor screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    wxHexEditor screenshot 1
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    Compare two large files side by side (diff). Optionally list and search all diff.

    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
    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 iconBinEd Icon

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  5. Okteta icon
    Okteta icon

    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
    Okteta screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft

    Okteta Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    Okteta iconBinEd Icon

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  6. wxMEdit icon
    wxMEdit icon

    wxMEdit

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    wxMEdit is a cross-platform text and hex editor, derived from MadEdit . It adds automatic updates, bookmarks, selecting lines with a tripple click, a FreeBASIC syntax file, more supported encodings (L1, CP850, CP437 etc, KOI8, UTF-x), better...

    79 wxMEdit alternatives
    wxMEdit screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    wxMEdit Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Hex Editor
    wxMEdit screenshot 1
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    Discontinued

    Last GitHub commit on Aug 2019 and last release on Nov 2016.

    wxMEdit iconBinEd Icon

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  7. 010 Editor icon
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    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.

    47 010 Editor alternatives
    010 Editor screenshot 1

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    010 Editor Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Hex Editor
    3.  Disk editor
    010 Editor screenshot 1
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    010 Editor iconBinEd Icon

    010 Editor VS BinEd

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    • 010 Editor is the most popular commercial alternative to BinEd.

    • 010 Editor is Paid and ProprietaryBinEd is Free and Open Source
  9. Binary Ninja icon
    Binary Ninja icon

    Binary Ninja

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    A reverse engineering platform and GUI.

    32 Binary Ninja alternatives
    Unicode support

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Binary Ninja Features

    1.  Static analysis
    2.  Hex Editor
    3.  Debugging
    4.  X86/x64 Compatibility
    Binary patching via a right-click menu.
    Multiple live views of the same data.
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    SCC, a built-in custom C compiler for small shellcode payloads.
    Binary Ninja iconBinEd Icon

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  10. Hex Fiend icon
    Hex Fiend icon

    Hex Fiend

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    A fast and clever open source hex editor for macOS.

    40 Hex Fiend alternatives
    Hex Fiend screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    2.  Checksums verification
    Hex Fiend iconBinEd Icon

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  11. Malcat icon
    Malcat icon

    Malcat

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    Malcat is a feature-rich hexadecimal editor / disassembler / decompiler for reverse engineers and malware analysts. It has support for many file formats and CPUs, can scan for signatures, decrypt/decompress data, diff files and run python scripts.

    27 Malcat alternatives
    Malcat screenshot 1

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Malcat screenshot 1
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    +4
    Malcat screenshot 3

    Malcat Features

    1.  Disassembler
    2.  Hex Editor
    3.  Malware Analysis
    4.  File Comparison
    5.  Static analysis
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Hexadecimal
    8.  Portable
    9.  Works Offline
    10.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    Malcat iconBinEd Icon

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  12. PE Explorer icon
    PE Explorer icon

    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.

    49 PE Explorer alternatives
    PE Explorer screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PE Explorer Features

    1.  Disassembler
    PE Explorer screenshot 1
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    PE Explorer screenshot 3
    Discontinued

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

    PE Explorer iconBinEd Icon

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  13. Ghex icon
    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
    Ghex screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Ghex Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    Ghex screenshot 1
    Ghex iconBinEd Icon

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    MadEdit icon

    MadEdit

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

    138 MadEdit alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce

    MadEdit Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Hex Editor
    Options window
    Discontinued

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

    MadEdit iconBinEd Icon

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