HxD Alternatives for Mac

HxD is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is ImHex, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to HxD and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to HxD are 010 Editor, wxHexEditor, wxMEdit and BinEd.

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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

     
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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. 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
  7. 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

     
  9. 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

     
  10. Synalyze It! icon

    Synalyze It!

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    You got a binary file and don't know its contents. Or some software creates binary files where you have a specification but don't want to decode them manually.

    20 Synalyze It! alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    Synalyze It! screenshot 1

    Synalyze It! Features

    1.  Debugging
    2.  Hex Editor

    Synalyze It! VS HxD

     
  11. Hecate icon

    Hecate

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    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.

    42 Hecate alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Hecate screenshot 1

    Hecate Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    2.  Tui

    Hecate VS HxD

     
  12. Reverse Engineer's Hex Editor icon

    Reverse Engineer's Hex Editor

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    As the name implies, this is a hex editor. It aims to be a good general-purpose hex editor and to have a wide selection of features for analysing and annotating binary file formats.

    11 Reverse Engineer's Hex Editor alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Reverse Engineer's Hex Editor Features

    1.  Hex Editor

    Reverse Engineer's Hex Editor VS HxD

     
  13. iHex icon

    iHex

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    A fast and clever hex editor, checksum utility, file information viewer.

    40 iHex alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Inside the hex editor

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Hex Editor

    iHex VS HxD

     
  14. HextEdit icon

    HextEdit

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    HextEdit is a fast and lightweight hex editor for viewing and editing binary data. Quickly edit virtually any file type at a low level in a simple and native app. It features fast incremental find, a byte inspector and generally fast performance as a native app.

    39 HextEdit alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    HextEdit screenshot 1

    HextEdit Features

    1.  Hex Editor

    HextEdit VS HxD

     
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