Hecate AlternativesText Editors and other similar apps like Hecate

Hecate is described as 'The Hex Editor From Hell! Hecate is a terminal hex editor that, instead of putting the (ASCII) representation of bytes way out on the right side of the screen, it puts the interpreted values directly beneath the hex representation' and is a Text Editor in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Hecate for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Xfce apps. The best Hecate alternative is HxD, which is free. Other great apps like Hecate are ImHex, UltraEdit, 010 Editor and wxHexEditor.

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The Hex Editor From Hell! Hecate is a terminal hex editor that, instead of putting the (ASCII) representation of bytes way out on the right side of the screen, it puts the interpreted values directly beneath the hex...

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Hecate alternatives page was last updated Mar 19, 2024
  1. HxD icon
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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
    HxD screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

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

    HxD VS Hecate

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    • HxD is the most popular Windows alternative to Hecate.

    • HxD is the most popular free alternative to Hecate.

    • HxD is Free and ProprietaryHecate is Free and Open Source
    • HxD is LightweightHecate is not according to our users
  2. ImHex icon
     27 likes

    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

    28 ImHex alternatives
    ImHex screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

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

    ImHex VS Hecate

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

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

    • ImHex is Free and Open SourceHecate is also Free and Open Source
    • ImHex is LightweightHecate is not according to our users
  3. UltraEdit icon
     161 likes

    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).

    212 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
    UltraEdit iconHecate Icon

    UltraEdit VS Hecate

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    • UltraEdit is the most popular commercial alternative to Hecate.

    • UltraEdit is Paid and ProprietaryHecate is Free and Open Source
  4. 010 Editor icon
     29 likes

    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
    010 Editor screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    010 Editor Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Hex Editor
    3.  Disk editor
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  5. wxHexEditor icon
     42 likes

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

    55 wxHexEditor alternatives
    wxHexEditor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    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 iconHecate Icon

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  6. Okteta icon
     15 likes

    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

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft

    Okteta Features

    1.  Hex Editor
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  7. Hex Fiend icon
     15 likes

    A fast and clever open source hex editor for macOS.

    41 Hex Fiend alternatives
    Hex Fiend screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

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

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  8. PE Explorer icon
     33 likes

    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.

    48 PE Explorer alternatives
    PE Explorer screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PE Explorer Features

    1.  Disassembler
    Discontinued

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

    PE Explorer iconHecate Icon

    PE Explorer VS Hecate

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  9. Ghex icon
     14 likes

    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

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Ghex Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    Ghex iconHecate Icon

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  10. WinHex icon
     18 likes

    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
    Main window

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    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 iconHecate Icon

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  11. MadEdit icon
     14 likes

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

    135 MadEdit alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce

    MadEdit Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Hex Editor
    Discontinued

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

    MadEdit iconHecate Icon

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  12. Bless icon
     16 likes

    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.

    40 Bless alternatives
    The usual offset-hex-ascii view and the pattern highlight feature.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Bless Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Hex Editor
    3.  Tabbed interface
    4.  Support for Multiple threads
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