Bless Alternatives

Bless is described as 'High quality, full featured hex editor. It is written in mono/Gtk# and its primary platform is GNU/Linux. However it should be able to run without problems on every platform that mono and Gtk# run on' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Bless for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Xfce apps. The best Bless alternative is HxD, which is free. Other great apps like Bless are ImHex, UltraEdit, wxHexEditor and Okteta.

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Bless is a high quality, full featured hex editor. It is written in mono/Gtk# and its primary platform is GNU/Linux. However it should be able to run without problems on every platform that mono and Gtk# run on.

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Bless alternatives page was last updated Oct 30, 2024
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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
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    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 iconBless Icon

    HxD VS Bless

    Is HxD a good alternative to Bless?
     

    • HxD is the most popular Windows alternative to Bless.

    • HxD is the most popular free alternative to Bless.

    • HxD is Free and ProprietaryBless is Free and Open Source
    • HxD is LightweightBless 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 iconBless Icon

    ImHex VS Bless

    Is ImHex a good alternative to Bless?
     

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

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

    • ImHex is Free and Open SourceBless is also Free and Open Source
    • ImHex is LightweightBless is not according to our users
  4. UltraEdit icon
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    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).

    213 UltraEdit alternatives
    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.

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    UltraEdit Features

    1.  Column based text editing
    2.  Support for large files
    3.  Hex Editor
    From quick inline finds to massive replaces across your entire project, no one does search like UltraEdit. Find / replace across files, Perl regular expressions, column-based search, line filters, and more...when it comes to search, there's almost nothing UltraEdit can't do!
    UltraEdit's text editing features make editing lists and columns an intuitive experience, not the exercise in tedium it used to be. With features like multi-caret editing, column/block editing and multi-select, it's a simple text editor when you want it to be, and a multi-cursor power editor when you need it to be.
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    The environment you work in is a personal thing. And with UltraEdit's deeply customizeable new menuing system, your perfect in-app menu awaits. Our brand new menu allows you to switch between a full ribbon, compact ribbon and menu/toolbar system, all with only the buttons you'd like.
    UltraEdit iconBless Icon

    UltraEdit VS Bless

    Is UltraEdit a good alternative to Bless?
     

    • UltraEdit is the most popular commercial alternative to Bless.

    • UltraEdit is Paid and ProprietaryBless is Free and Open Source
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    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
    wxHexEditor screenshot 2
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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 iconBless Icon

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  6. Okteta icon
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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
    Okteta screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft

    Okteta Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    Okteta iconBless 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
    010 Editor screenshot 2
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    010 Editor screenshot 3
    010 Editor iconBless Icon

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  9. Binary Ninja icon
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    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 iconBless Icon

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  10. Hex Fiend icon
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    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 iconBless Icon

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  11. BinEd icon
    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.

    51 BinEd alternatives
    BinEd screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Java
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Apache NetBeans
    • IntelliJ IDEA
    • Eclipse
    BinEd screenshot 1
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    BinEd screenshot 3

    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 iconBless Icon

    BinEd VS Bless

    Is BinEd a good alternative to Bless?
     

    • BinEd is the most popular Android alternative to Bless.

    • BinEd is Free and Open SourceBless is also Free and Open Source
    • BinEd is Privacy focusedBless 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.

    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 iconBless 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 iconBless Icon

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    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 iconBless Icon

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