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 dz6, UltraEdit, Malcat and IDA.

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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.

    57 HxD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. dz6 icon
     10 likes

    Fast heavily Vim-inspired TUI hex editor.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Rust
    • FreeBSD
     
  3. UltraEdit icon
     162 likes

    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).

    223 UltraEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Malcat icon
     8 likes

    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.

    29 Malcat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
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  5. IDA icon
     59 likes

    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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. wxHexEditor icon
     43 likes

    Hex Editor. Support editing or comparing (diff) very large files up to 2^64 bytes. Cross-platform Linux, Mac OS, Windows.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. 010 Editor icon
     29 likes

    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.

    49 010 Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. PE-bear icon
     9 likes

    Portable Executable reversing tool with a friendly GUI.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. YuHex icon
     Like

    YuHex is a simple binary editor for Windows. It provides the essential features needed to work with binary files, including editing, searching, and changing text encodings.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Okteta icon
     16 likes

    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.

    42 Okteta alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
     
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