CFF Explorer AlternativesResource Editors and other similar apps like CFF Explorer

CFF Explorer is described as 'The CFF Explorer was designed to make PE editing as easy as possible, but without losing sight on the portable executable's internal structure' and is a Resource Editor in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to CFF Explorer for Windows, Linux, PortableApps.com and Mac. The best CFF Explorer alternative is Resource Hacker, which is free. Other great apps like CFF Explorer are Free Resource Extractor, PE Explorer, PE-bear and Restorator.

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CFF Explorer alternatives page was last updated Oct 12, 2022
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  1. Resource Hacker icon
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    Resource Hacker™ is a resource editor for 32bit and 64bit Windows® applications.

    22 Resource Hacker alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

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    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Resource Hacker Features

    1.  Portable

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    • Resource Hacker is the most popular Windows alternative to CFF Explorer.

    • Resource Hacker is the most popular free alternative to CFF Explorer.

    • Resource Hacker is Free and ProprietaryCFF Explorer is also Free and Proprietary
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    Free Resource Extractor is a free and handy utility to scan all DLL, EXE and OCX files and extract built-in resources like icons, bitmaps, cursors, sounds, AVI videos, HTML files, metafiles, etc. Free Resource Extractor can even extract useful resources from system files.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Bundleware

    The installer contains adwares. Be careful during the installation: http://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/

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  3. PE Explorer icon
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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

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    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

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

    PE Explorer Features

    1.  Disassembler

    PE Explorer VS CFF Explorer

     
    • PE Explorer is the most popular commercial alternative to CFF Explorer.

    • PE Explorer is Paid and ProprietaryCFF Explorer is Free and Proprietary
  4. PE-bear icon
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    Portable Executable reversing tool with a friendly GUI.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    PE-bear Features

    1.  Malware Analysis
    2.  Portable
    3.  Disassembler

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    Comments about PE-bear as an Alternative to CFF Explorer
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    Positive Oct 12, 2022
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    Still updated and open source, which CFF Explorer is not.

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    • PE-bear is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to CFF Explorer.

    • PE-bear is the most popular Open Source alternative to CFF Explorer.

    • PE-bear is Free and Open SourceCFF Explorer is Free and Proprietary
  5. Restorator icon
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    Restorator is an award-winning utility to edit windows resources in applications and their components, e.g. files with .exe, .dll, .res, .rc, .dcr, extension (see PE files and RES files).

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    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The software seems to be no longer updated. Latest version was released in 2007, but it can be still bought from the official website.

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  6. ResEdit icon
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    ResEdit is a free resource editor for Windows programs. You can use it if you want to use dialogs, icons, version information or other types of resources. Output files can be compiled by any Windows compiler that includes a resource compiler, like MinGW and Microsoft Visual C++.

    14 ResEdit alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available and the program was not updated since May 2015. Last version, 1.6.6, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine

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  7. EXE Explorer icon
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    It reads and displays executable file properties and structure. It is compatible with PE32 (Portable Executable), PE32+ (64bit), NE (Windows 3.x New Executable) and VxD (Windows 9x Virtual Device Driver) file types. .NET executables are supported too.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    EXE Explorer Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Resource management
    3.  Dependencies

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  8. Resource Tuner icon
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    Resource Tuner lets you view, extract, replace, edit, and delete the embedded resources of executable files: icons, strings, images, sounds, dialogs, menus - all that make up the visual part of your Windows programs.

    13 Resource Tuner alternatives

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    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Windows

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    XN Resource Editor is a free, powerful, fully featured resource editor and PE module explorer.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer updated and the official website is no longer available. Last version, 3.0.0.1, released in December 2005, can be still downloaded from an unofficial mirror.

    XN Resource Editor Features

    1.  Portable

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    Comments about XN Resource Editor as an Alternative to CFF Explorer
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    Negative Feb 3, 2018
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    A resources are only 50% of the portable executable.

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    • XN Resource Editor is Free and Open SourceCFF Explorer is Free and Proprietary
  10. ResEd icon
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    ResEd is an editor for resource script files (*.rc) which is also used in RadASM, FbEdit and MasmEd. As every RAD Software product, it makes application development easy and fast by providing sophisticated functions and integrated clever tools.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Site has been temporarily suspended according to author.

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  11. Relyze icon
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    Relyze is an interactive software reverse engineering and analysis platform with the following main features:

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • IE flagIreland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Relyze Features

    1.  Disassembler
    2.  Static analysis

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  12. PE Tools icon
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    This is a fully-functional utility for working with PE/PE +(64bit) files. Including: Editor PE of files, Task Viewer, Win32 PE files optimizer, detector of compiler/packer and many other things.

    4 PE Tools alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer updated. Last version, v1.5 Build 400, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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