Hiew is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is UltraEdit. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Malcat or IDA. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Hiew and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Hiew are wxHexEditor, 010 Editor, PE-bear and Okteta.
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).
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.
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.
Hex Editor. Support editing or comparing (diff) very large files up to 2^64 bytes. Cross-platform Linux, Mac OS, Windows.
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.
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.
GHex - a hex editor for GNOME
GHex allows the user to load data from any file, view and edit it in either hex or ascii.
Useful for debugging problems with object code or encodings.
Also used by kids who cheat at computer games, by adding score or lives to saved games.
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.
BinEd is a hex editor tool, which allows to directly browse and edit content of any file or binary data.
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While it packs more features than hiew (and looks more modern), the interface is similar, with lots of keyboard shortcuts