HexBrowser Alternatives

HexBrowser is described as 'tool that identifies file types. It does not care about the file extension, but opens each file to look for signatures so it can determine the exact type of a file. It now recognizes more than 800 different file formats' and is an app. There are seven alternatives to HexBrowser for Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and BSD. The best HexBrowser alternative is TrID. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try file or TrIDNet. Other great apps like HexBrowser are Toolsley File Identifier, FileCHK, JHOVE and DROID.

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HexBrowser is a tool that identifies file types. It does not care about the file extension, but opens each file to look for...

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TrID
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Free Personal • Proprietary
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Allows to detect file type by recognition of binary signatures. Database with signatures can be downloaded from author site or trained by user with program named TrIDScan(see at author site).
- - TrID is the most popular Web-based, Windows & Linux alternative to HexBrowser.
- - TrID is the most popular free alternative to HexBrowser.
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file
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file is a standard Unix program for recognizing the type of data contained in a computer file using magic numbers.
- - file is the most popular Mac alternative to HexBrowser.
- - file is the most popular Open Source alternative to HexBrowser.
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TrIDNet
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Free • Proprietary
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TRIDNet is the GUI version of TrID, probably more practical to use than the CLI version, especially for those not very familiar with the command line prompt.
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1. PortableTrIDNet can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Discontinued
TrIDNet v1.95 - 26/01/16. As from 2021 Feb it does work fine on Windows 10
Toolsley File Identifier
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Identify files based on the libmagic database in your browser. HTML5/JS port of the "file" tool. No downloads, no installation and no uploads!.
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FileCHK
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Free • Open Source
Windows
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Identify and recover (as much as possible) data lost in CHK files.
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JHOVE
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Free • Open Source
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JHOVE is a file format identification, validation and characterisation tool. It is implemented as a Java application and is usable on any Unix, Windows, or OS X platform with appropriate Java installation.
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1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsJHOVE can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
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DROID
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DROID (Digital Record and Object Identification) is a software tool developed by The National Archives to perform automated batch identification of file formats. Developed by its Digital Preservation Department as part of its broader digital preservation activities, DROID is...
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HexBrowser Alternatives

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TrIDNet

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Toolsley File Identifier

FileCHK

JHOVE

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DROID

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