Hex Fiend Alternatives

Hex Fiend is described as 'A fast and clever open source hex editor for macOS' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Hex Fiend for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Xfce apps. The best Hex Fiend alternative is HxD, which is free. Other great apps like Hex Fiend are ImHex, wxHexEditor, 010 Editor and MadEdit.

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Hex Fiend alternatives are mainly Text Editors but may also be File Comparison Tools or Code Editors. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Hex Fiend.

Hex Fiend

Free • Open Source

A fast and clever open source hex editor for macOS.

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Hex Fiend alternatives page was last updated Aug 31, 2021

HxD
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.
54 HxD alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Code Editor
Platforms
- Windows
HxD Features
1. Portable
2. No registration required
3. Lightweight
4. Ad-free
5. Hex Editor
6. Disk editor
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HxD VS Hex Fiend
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- HxD is the most popular Windows alternative to Hex Fiend.
- HxD is the most popular free alternative to Hex Fiend.
- HxD is Free and ProprietaryHex Fiend is Free and Open Source

ImHex
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
25 ImHex alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
ImHex Features
1. Hex Editor
2. Disassembler
3. GPL
4. Lightweight
5. Portable
6. Support for scripting
7. Ad-free
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Comments about ImHex as an Alternative to Hex Fiend

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It's much more modern and has many features often just found in paid alternatives
Positive comment •Aug 31, 2021
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- ImHex is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Hex Fiend.
- ImHex is the most popular Open Source alternative to Hex Fiend.
- ImHex is Free and Open SourceHex Fiend is also Free and Open Source

wxHexEditor
Hex Editor. Support editing or comparing (diff) very large files up to 2^64 bytes. Cross-platform Linux, Mac OS, Windows.
53 wxHexEditor alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- File Comparison Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
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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
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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
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010 Editor
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.
46 010 Editor alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- File Comparison Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
010 Editor Features
Disk editor
Hex Editor
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- 010 Editor is the most popular commercial alternative to Hex Fiend.
- 010 Editor is Paid and ProprietaryHex Fiend is Free and Open Source

MadEdit
MadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets.
138 MadEdit alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Xfce
MadEdit Features
Syntax Highlighting
Hex Editor
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Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.2.9, released in February 2009, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
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Okteta
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
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
Okteta Features
Hex Editor
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Bless
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.
38 Bless alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
Bless Features
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
Hex Editor
Tabbed interface
Support for Multiple threads
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Catch22 HexEdit
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
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
Catch22 HexEdit Features
Hex Editor
Search and Replace
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Discontinued
Last commit was in August 2015https://github.com/strobejb/HexEdit
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WinHex
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.
42 WinHex alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- Hard Disk Recovery Tool
Platforms
- Windows
WinHex Features
1. Lightweight
2. Recover Corrupted Files
3. NTFS Partition Recovery
4. Disk editor
5. Hex Editor
6. ASCII Editor
7. Support for Unicode
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Kaitai Struct
Kaitai Struct is a formal language for binary format specification that can be compiled into parser code in Java, JavaScript, Python and Ruby.
17 Kaitai Struct alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Kaitai Struct Features
Hex Editor
C++
Ruby
C-sharp
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Hex Editor Neo
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.
43 Hex Editor Neo alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
Hex Editor Neo Features
Portable
Hex Editor
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Hex Edit
HexEdit is a Windows hex editor, user-friendly and reliable with advanced features (full undo, macros, background searches, calculator, full customization, edits huge files).
46 Hex Edit alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
Hex Edit Features
Hex Editor
Search and Replace
Custom templates
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