HxD AlternativesText Editors and other similar apps like HxD

HxD is described as 'Carefully designed and fast hex editor which, additionally to raw disk editing and modifying of main memory (RAM), handles files of any size' and is a very popular Text Editor in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to HxD for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Xfce apps. The best HxD alternative is ImHex, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like HxD are 010 Editor, wxHexEditor, wxMEdit and WinHex.

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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.

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HxD alternatives page was last updated Jan 4, 2025
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  1. ImHex icon

    ImHex

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    ImHex is a free, featureful Hex Editor with many tools often only found in paid products. It includes a custom built scripting language for highlighting and decoding binary data, a disassembler, extensive file analysis tools and much much more

    28 ImHex alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    ImHex screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    2.  Disassembler
    3.  GPL
    4.  Portable
    5.  Support for scripting
    6.  Ad-free

    ImHex VS HxD

     
    Comments about ImHex as an Alternative to HxD
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    Positive •Aug 14, 2024
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    Does all HxD is capable and more, however, it is worth noting that HxD is a minimal application, lightweight and all, and ImHex requires GPU acceleration... or some software rendering, but still, way heavier.

    HxD Icon
    ImHex icon

    • ImHex is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to HxD.

    • ImHex is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to HxD.

    • ImHex is Free and Open SourceHxD is Free and Proprietary
    • ImHex is LightweightHxD is not according to our users
  2. 010 Editor icon

    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

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    010 Editor screenshot 1

    010 Editor Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Hex Editor
    3.  Disk editor

    010 Editor VS HxD

     

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

    • 010 Editor is Paid and ProprietaryHxD is Free and Proprietary
  4. wxHexEditor icon

    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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • TR flagTürkiye

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    wxHexEditor screenshot 1
    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 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

    wxHexEditor VS HxD

     
  5. wxMEdit icon

    wxMEdit

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    wxMEdit is a cross-platform text and hex editor, derived from MadEdit . It adds automatic updates, bookmarks, selecting lines with a tripple click, a FreeBASIC syntax file, more supported encodings (L1, CP850, CP437 etc, KOI8, UTF-x), better...

    78 wxMEdit alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    wxMEdit screenshot 1

    wxMEdit Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Full-Text Search
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Portable
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Hex Editor

    wxMEdit VS HxD

     
  6. 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

    License model

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    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

    WinHex VS HxD

     
  7. Hex Workshop icon

    Hex Workshop

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    The Hex Workshop Hex Editor by BreakPoint Software is a complete set of hexadecimal development tools for Microsoft Windows 2000 and later. Hex Workshop combines advanced binary editing and data interpretation with the ease and flexibility of a modern word processor.

    44 Hex Workshop alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Hex Workshop screenshot 1

    Hex Workshop Features

    1.  Hex Editor

    Hex Workshop VS HxD

     
    Comments about Hex Workshop as an Alternative to HxD
    Guest
    Positive •Nov 25, 2016
    1

    Hex workshop has the most extensive sets of tools for looking into hex files and editing them.

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    Hex Workshop icon
    • Hex Workshop is Paid and ProprietaryHxD is Free and Proprietary
  9. Hex Editor Neo icon

    Hex Editor Neo

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    Hex Editor Neo is a binary files editing software utility for Windows. It's rich and handy set of features will help all software and hardware developers working with ASCII, hex, decimal, float, double and binary data.

    45 Hex Editor Neo alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Hex Editor Neo screenshot 1

    Hex Editor Neo Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Hex Editor

    Hex Editor Neo VS HxD

     
  10. Okteta icon

    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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
    Okteta screenshot 1

    Okteta Features

    1.  Hex Editor

    Okteta VS HxD

     
  11. BinEd icon

    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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Java
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Apache NetBeans
    • IntelliJ IDEA
    • Eclipse
    BinEd screenshot 1

    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 VS HxD

     

    • BinEd is the most popular Android alternative to HxD.

    • BinEd is Free and Open SourceHxD is Free and Proprietary
    • BinEd is Privacy focusedHxD is not according to our users
  12. REHex icon

    REHex

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    A cross-platform (Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD) hex editor for reverse engineering, and everything else.

    28 REHex alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    REHex screenshot 1

    REHex Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    2.  Disassembler

    REHex VS HxD

     
  13. Hex Fiend icon

    Hex Fiend

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    A fast and clever open source hex editor for macOS.

    41 Hex Fiend alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Hex Fiend screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    2.  Checksums verification

    Hex Fiend VS HxD

     
  14. Free Hex Editor Neo icon

    Free Hex Editor Neo

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    Free Hex Editor Neo - Fastest Binary File Editing Software for Windows. Large Files Optimized Freeware Hex Editor

    30 Free Hex Editor Neo alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Free Hex Editor Neo screenshot 1

    Free Hex Editor Neo Features

    1.  Hex Editor

    Free Hex Editor Neo VS HxD

     
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