Hiew Alternatives

Hiew is described as '(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' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Hiew for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Xfce apps. The best Hiew alternative is HxD, which is free. Other great apps like Hiew are Malcat, UltraEdit, IDA and wxHexEditor.

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  1. HxD icon
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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.

    55 HxD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • HxD is the most popular Windows alternative to Hiew.

    • HxD is the most popular free alternative to Hiew.

    • HxD is Free and ProprietaryHiew is Paid and Proprietary
    • HxD is LightweightHiew is not according to our users
  2. Malcat icon
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    Malcat is a feature-rich hexadecimal editor / disassembler / decompiler for reverse engineers and malware analysts. It has support for many file formats and CPUs, can scan for signatures, decrypt/decompress data, diff files and run python scripts.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    While it packs more features than hiew (and looks more modern), the interface is similar, with lots of keyboard shortcuts

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    • Almost everyone thinks Malcat is a great Hiew alternative.

    • Malcat is the most popular Linux alternative to Hiew.

    • Malcat is Freemium and ProprietaryHiew is Paid and Proprietary
  3. UltraEdit icon
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    UltraEdit is the ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers. An industry-award winner, UltraEdit supports disk-based 64-bit file handling (standard) on 32-bit Windows platforms (Windows 2000 and later).

    209 UltraEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • UltraEdit is the most popular Mac alternative to Hiew.

    • UltraEdit is the most popular commercial alternative to Hiew.

    • UltraEdit is Paid and ProprietaryHiew is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. IDA icon
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    IDA delivers robust disassembly and decompilation, supporting diverse processors and file formats. Its high-quality pseudocode mirrors original source code, aiding analysis of multi-platform software. It features dynamic debugging, metadata control with Lumina, and effective code deobfuscation.

    31 IDA alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. wxHexEditor icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • wxHexEditor is the most popular Open Source alternative to Hiew.

    • wxHexEditor is Free and Open SourceHiew is Paid and Proprietary
  6. 010 Editor icon
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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

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Hex Fiend icon
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    A fast and clever open source hex editor for macOS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. PE-bear icon
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    Portable Executable reversing tool with a friendly GUI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Okteta icon
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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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
     
  10. PE Explorer icon
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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.

    49 PE Explorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. REDasm icon
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    REDasm is a cross platform disassembler with a modern codebase useful from the hobbyist to the professional reverse engineer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
     
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