Hecate Alternatives

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
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  1. Bless icon
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    Bless

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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.

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Bless Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Hex Editor
    3.  Tabbed interface
    4.  Support for Multiple threads
    Searching and replacing
    A more unusual layout and the layout selection dialog.
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  2. Catch22 HexEdit icon
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    Catch22 HexEdit

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    HexEdit is a hexadecimal file editor for Microsoft Windows. HexEdit allows the user to view and edit any type of file, no matter what format it is saved in.

    45 Catch22 HexEdit alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Catch22 HexEdit Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    2.  Search and Replace
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    Discontinued

    Last commit was in August 2015https://github.com/strobejb/HexEdit

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  4. Aquamacs Emacs icon
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    Aquamacs Emacs

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    An Editor for Text, HTML, LaTeX, C++, Java, Python, R, Perl, Ruby, PHP, and more...

    128 Aquamacs Emacs alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Aquamacs Emacs Features

    1. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    2.  EMACS
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    Hex Editor Neo

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    Hex Editor Neo is a binary files editing software utility for Windows. It's rich and handy set of features will help all software and hardware developers working with ASCII, hex, decimal, float, double and binary data.

    45 Hex Editor Neo alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Windows

    Hex Editor Neo Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Hex Editor
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  6. Hex Workshop icon
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    Hex Workshop

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    The Hex Workshop Hex Editor by BreakPoint Software is a complete set of hexadecimal development tools for Microsoft Windows 2000 and later. Hex Workshop combines advanced binary editing and data interpretation with the ease and flexibility of a modern word processor.

    44 Hex Workshop alternatives
    Hex Workshop screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Hex Workshop Features

    1.  Hex Editor
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    Hex Edit

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    HexEdit is a Windows hex editor, user-friendly and reliable with advanced features (full undo, macros, background searches, calculator, full customization, edits huge files).

    48 Hex Edit alternatives
    Hex Edit screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Hex Edit Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    2.  Search and Replace
    3.  Custom templates
    File format template
    Aerial view
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  9. MiTeC HexEdit icon
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    MiTeC HexEdit

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    Hexadecimal file editor.

    22 MiTeC HexEdit alternatives
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    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    MiTeC HexEdit Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Hex Editor
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    Frhed

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    Frhed(Free hex editor) is an binary file editor for Windows. It is small but has many advanced features like ability to load big files partially. String replacement, multi-language, and other features.

    47 Frhed alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Frhed Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Hex Editor
    3.  Multiple languages
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  11. BEYE (Binary EYE) icon
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    BEYE (Binary EYE)

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    BEYE (Binary EYE) is a free, portable, advanced file viewer with built-in editor for binary, hexadecimal and disassembler modes. It contains a highlight AVR/Java/i86-AMD64/ARM-XScale/PPC-64 and other disassembler, full preview of MZ,NE,PE,ELF and other.

    29 BEYE (Binary EYE) alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BlackBerry QNX
    • FreeDOS
    • FreeBSD
    • MS-DOS

    BEYE (Binary EYE) Features

    1.  Tui
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  12. XVI32 icon
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    XVI32

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    XVI32 is a freeware hex editor. XVI32 has the following main features.

    • data inspector to view decoded numbers
    • Has built-in script interpreter.
    • Easily works with huge files.
    • XVI32 allows to edit files up to 2 GB (enough virtual memory provided, of course) .
    31 XVI32 alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    XVI32 Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Hex Editor
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    JujuEdit

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    JujuEdit is a file editor, or alternatively a text editor with knobs-on. It is an application designed for me and people like me. At its simplest, it makes a fine replacement for Notepad. It may appeal more to computer nerds who like syntax hilighting and advanced find/replace...

    153 JujuEdit alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    JujuEdit Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Hex-Based map
    3.  Support for Large File
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer updated. Last version, 1.44, released in September 2006, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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    Hiew

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    Hiew (short for Hackers view) is a popular console hex editor for DOS and Windows written by Eugene Suslikov (sen). Amongst its feature set is its ability to view files in text, hex and disassembly mode.

    42 Hiew alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Windows
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