Hexplorer AlternativesText Editors and other similar apps like Hexplorer

Hexplorer is described as 'Open Source powerful and flexible Hex-Editor, with multiple colour-schemes that allow easy visual indication of byte-magnitude' and is a Text Editor in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Hexplorer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Xfce apps. The best Hexplorer alternative is HxD, which is free. Other great apps like Hexplorer are wxHexEditor, Okteta, 010 Editor and Hex Fiend.

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Hexplorer alternatives page was last updated Oct 30, 2024
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  1. HxD icon
    HxD icon

    HxD

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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

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Editing the memory image of a running process

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

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

    HxD VS Hexplorer

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    • HxD is the most popular Windows alternative to Hexplorer.

    • HxD is the most popular free alternative to Hexplorer.

    • HxD is Free and ProprietaryHexplorer is Free and Open Source
    • HxD is LightweightHexplorer is not according to our users
  2. wxHexEditor icon
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    wxHexEditor

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    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

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Compare two large files side by side (diff). Optionally list and search all diff.

    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 iconHexplorer Icon

    wxHexEditor VS Hexplorer

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    • wxHexEditor is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Hexplorer.

    • wxHexEditor is the most popular Open Source alternative to Hexplorer.

    • wxHexEditor is Free and Open SourceHexplorer is also Free and Open Source
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    Okteta

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    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

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft

    Okteta Features

    1.  Hex Editor
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  5. 010 Editor icon
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    010 Editor

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    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
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    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    010 Editor Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Hex Editor
    3.  Disk editor
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    010 Editor iconHexplorer Icon

    010 Editor VS Hexplorer

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    • 010 Editor is the most popular commercial alternative to Hexplorer.

    • 010 Editor is Paid and ProprietaryHexplorer is Free and Open Source
  6. Hex Fiend icon
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    Hex Fiend

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    A fast and clever open source hex editor for macOS.

    41 Hex Fiend alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    2.  Checksums verification
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  7. BinEd icon
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    BinEd

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    BinEd is a hex editor tool, which allows to directly browse and edit content of any file or binary data.

    52 BinEd alternatives
    BinEd screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Java
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Apache NetBeans
    • IntelliJ IDEA
    • Eclipse
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Java based
    6.  Undo and redo
    7.  Hex Editor
    8.  Hexadecimal
    9.  Data visualization
    10.  Support for Unicode
    BinEd iconHexplorer Icon

    BinEd VS Hexplorer

    Is BinEd a good alternative to Hexplorer?
     

    • BinEd is the most popular Android alternative to Hexplorer.

    • BinEd is Free and Open SourceHexplorer is also Free and Open Source
    • BinEd is Privacy focusedHexplorer is not according to our users
  9. PE Explorer icon
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    PE Explorer

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    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
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    Discontinued

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

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  10. WinHex icon
    WinHex icon

    WinHex

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    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

    Application types

    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
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  11. MadEdit icon
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    MadEdit

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

    138 MadEdit alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce

    MadEdit Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Hex Editor
    Options window
    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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  12. 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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  13. Catch22 HexEdit icon
    Catch22 HexEdit icon

    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
    Catch22 HexEdit screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Catch22 HexEdit Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    2.  Search and Replace
    Catch22 HexEdit screenshot 1
    Catch22 HexEdit screenshot 2
    Discontinued

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

    Catch22 HexEdit iconHexplorer Icon

    Catch22 HexEdit VS Hexplorer

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  14. RJ TextEd icon
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    RJ TextEd

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    RJ TextEd is a full featured text and source editor with Unicode support, syntax highlighting and code folding. The functionality extends beyond text files and includes support for HTML editing with integrated preview, spell checking, auto completion, HTML validation, templates...

    128 RJ TextEd alternatives
    RJ TextEd screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    RJ TextEd Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Syntax Highlighting
    RJ TextEd screenshot 1
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    RJ TextEd iconHexplorer Icon

    RJ TextEd VS Hexplorer

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