Hiew AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Text Editors for Mac

Hiew is not available for Mac but there are a few alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac Text Editor alternative is UltraEdit. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try wxHexEditor or Hecate. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Hiew and four of them are Text Editors available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement.

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Hiew

Paid • Proprietary

Hiew (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.

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Hiew alternatives page was last updated Apr 16, 2019

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UltraEdit
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).
211 UltraEdit alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Code Editor
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
UltraEdit Features
Column based text editing
Support for large files
Hex Editor
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UltraEdit VS Hiew
Is UltraEdit a good alternative to Hiew?
- 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

wxHexEditor
Hex Editor. Support editing or comparing (diff) very large files up to 2^64 bytes. Cross-platform Linux, Mac OS, Windows.
53 wxHexEditor alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Text Editor
- File Comparison Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
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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
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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 VS Hiew
Is wxHexEditor a good alternative to Hiew?
- wxHexEditor is the most popular Open Source alternative to Hiew.
- wxHexEditor is Free and Open SourceHiew is Paid and Proprietary

010 Editor
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.
46 010 Editor alternatives
License model
- Paid • Proprietary
Application types
- Text Editor
- File Comparison Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
010 Editor Features
Disk editor
Hex Editor
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010 Editor VS Hiew
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Hecate
The Hex Editor From Hell! Hecate is a terminal hex editor that, instead of putting the (ASCII) representation of bytes way out on the right side of the screen, it puts the interpreted values directly beneath the hex representation.
41 Hecate alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Text Editor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Hecate Features
Hex Editor
Tui
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Hecate VS Hiew
Is Hecate a good alternative to Hiew?