Hex Edit
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
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What is 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).
Feature Summary
Easy to use interface familiar to Windows users
Unlimited undo (incl. cursor moves), undo changes
Window tabs to see/jump to any open window
Highlighter mode to remember important bytes
Built-in calculator, integrated with macros
Autofit, hex/decimal addresses, OVR/INS, RO etc
Drag and drop files onto the main window
Background searches (using low priority thread)
Background search progress/count in status bar
Configure all colours, save in colour schemes
Ability to display IBM/OEM (MSDOS) graphics
Easily change font, increase/decrease font size
Printer margins, headers/footers etc & print preview
Complete clipboard support: binary, ASCII, etc
Easy to use hex/text searches with the "Find Tool"
Address tools for fast jumps
Compare files or parts of the same file
Open multiple files from Open dialog/cmd line
Full EBCDIC support (incl. cut/paste etc)
Keystroke macros with error levels
Continually updated properties display (tab dialog)
Monitor/edit over 60 file/byte/numeric/date values
8 floating point formats, 15 date formats
8/16/32/64 bit integers (signed/unsigned) in decimal
Customize toolbars, keyboard, context menus ...
Customizable filter (Files of type) list for all file dialogs
Hex text, Motorola-S & Intel-hex import/export
CRC-32, CRC-CCITT, & checksum of selection
Advanced templates handle almost any type of file
Templates can have variable length and optional parts
Included templates: GIF, SWF, BMP, DBF, JPG etc
Recent files dialog stores info on up to 20000 files
Use C-like expressions in jump tools and templates
Unlimited bookmarks associated with a file+address
Advanced find (& replace options) including:
scope: to mark, to EOF, whole file, all open files
bookmark all, replace all, alignment, wildcards/bitmask
Edit files of more than 4 Gbytes (>2^32)
Feature Summary
Easy to use interface familiar to Windows users
Unlimited undo (incl. cursor moves), undo changes
Window tabs to see/jump to any open window
Highlighter mode to remember important bytes
Built-in calculator, integrated with macros
Autofit, hex/decimal addresses, OVR/INS, RO etc
Drag and drop files onto the main window
Background searches (using low priority thread)
Background search progress/count in status bar
Configure all colours, save in colour schemes
Ability to display IBM/OEM (MSDOS) graphics
Easily change font, increase/decrease font size
Printer margins, headers/footers etc & print preview
Complete clipboard support: binary, ASCII, etc
Easy to use hex/text searches with the "Find Tool"
Address tools for fast jumps
Compare files or parts of the same file
Open multiple files from Open dialog/cmd line
Full EBCDIC support (incl. cut/paste etc)
Keystroke macros with error levels
Continually updated properties display (tab dialog)
Monitor/edit over 60 file/byte/numeric/date values
8 floating point formats, 15 date formats
8/16/32/64 bit integers (signed/unsigned) in decimal
Customize toolbars, keyboard, context menus ...
Customizable filter (Files of type) list for all file dialogs
Hex text, Motorola-S & Intel-hex import/export
CRC-32, CRC-CCITT, & checksum of selection
Advanced templates handle almost any type of file
Templates can have variable length and optional parts
Included templates: GIF, SWF, BMP, DBF, JPG etc
Recent files dialog stores info on up to 20000 files
Use C-like expressions in jump tools and templates
Unlimited bookmarks associated with a file+address
Advanced find (& replace options) including:
scope: to mark, to EOF, whole file, all open files
bookmark all, replace all, alignment, wildcards/bitmask
Edit files of more than 4 Gbytes (>2^32)
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Hex Edit
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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about Hex Edit, and it has gotten 5 likes
- Developed by Expert Commercial Software Pty Ltd.
- Open Source and Free product.
- Average rating of 4
- 46 alternatives listed
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View allHex Edit was added to AlternativeTo by SmarterGeorge on Apr 19, 2013 and this page was last updated Oct 28, 2017. Hex Edit is sometimes referred to as HexEdit.
A good alternative to some hex editors but unfortunately Andrew didn't leaved any expectative of new releases.
The app is listed as "Free", which, judging from the usage that term gets in this site, means it's free of charge but still proprietary.
This is not so, as the program is licensed under the MIT license and the source code is provided in the site, even for the latest version.
From the license agreement in the installer:
License Agreement for the use of HexEdit 4.0.
The software, including source code, is distributed under the MIT license.
I thouht this editor is discontinued, since no new releases and updates on the site.
But then I found GitHub link https://github.com/AndrewWPhillips/HexEdit in a CodeProject page comments.
Version 5.0 is coming someday.