Open Source PE Explorer Alternatives

The best open source alternative to PE Explorer is wxHexEditor. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to PE Explorer and 18 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to PE Explorer are Universal Extractor 2, Okteta, PE-bear and Bless.

PE Explorer alternatives are mainly Text Editors but may also be File Comparison Tools or Anti-Malware Apps. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of PE Explorer.

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wxHexEditor
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Free • Open Source
Text Editor
File Comparison Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
52 wxHexEditor alternatives
wxHexEditor is an open source cross-platform disk/sector/file hex editor written in C++ with a wxWidgets-based user interface.
- - wxHexEditor is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to PE Explorer.
- - wxHexEditor is the most popular Open Source alternative to PE Explorer.
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wxHexEditor Features
1. PortablewxHexEditor can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Hex Editor
Key binding
Hexadecimal
Visual Programming
ASCII Editor
Disk editor
Support for Unicode
Disassembler
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
Universal Extractor 2
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Free • Open Source
Windows
23 Universal Extractor 2 alternatives
Universal Extractor 2 is an unofficial updated and extended version of the original UniExtract by Jared Breland. It brings several hundred changes including community-wanted ones such as a batch mode, auto-updater and scan-only-functionality.
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Universal Extractor 2 Features
1. PortableUniversal Extractor 2 can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Multiple languages
Okteta
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
40 Okteta alternatives
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.
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Hex Editor
PE-bear
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
14 PE-bear alternatives
Portable Executable reversing tool with a friendly GUI.
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PE-bear Features
1. Malware AnalysisPE-bear can inspect a suspicious file or URL to detect potential threats.
2. PortablePE-bear can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Disassembler
Bless
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
38 Bless alternatives
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.
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Bless Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsBless can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
Hex Editor
Tabbed interface
Support for Multiple threads
Dependencies
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Free • Open Source
Windows
5 Dependencies alternatives
Dependencies is a rewrite of the legacy software Dependency Walker which was shipped along Windows SDKs, but whose development stopped around 2006. Dependencies can help Windows developers troubleshooting their dll load dependencies issues.
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Dependencies Features
Debugging
Hex Edit
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Free • Open Source
Windows
46 Hex Edit alternatives
HexEdit is a Windows hex editor, user-friendly and reliable with advanced features (full undo, macros, background searches, calculator, full customization, edits huge files).
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Hex Edit Features
Hex Editor
Search and Replace
Custom templates
XN Resource Editor
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Free • Open Source
Windows
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12 XN Resource Editor alternatives
XN Resource Editor is a free, powerful, fully featured resource editor and PE module explorer.
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XN Resource Editor Features
1. PortableXN Resource Editor can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Discontinued
The project is no longer updated and the official website is no longer available. Last version, 3.0.0.1, released in December 2005, can be still downloaded from an unofficial mirror.
RisohEditor
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Free • Open Source
Windows
11 RisohEditor alternatives
"RisohEditor" is a free resource editor for Win32 development. RisohEditor realized the ideal of resource editor.
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BEYE (Binary EYE)
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
BlackBerry QNX
FreeDOS
FreeBSD
MS-DOS
29 BEYE (Binary EYE) alternatives
BEYE (Binary EYE) is a free, portable, advanced file viewer with built-in editor for binary, hexadecimal and disassembler modes. It contains a highlight AVR/Java/i86-AMD64/ARM-XScale/PPC-64 and other disassembler, full preview of MZ,NE,PE,ELF and other.
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Frhed
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Free • Open Source
Windows
PortableApps.com
45 Frhed alternatives
Frhed(Free hex editor) is an binary file editor for Windows. It is small but has many advanced features like ability to load big files partially. String replacement, multi-language, and other features.
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Frhed Features
1. PortableFrhed can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Hex Editor
Multiple languages
Catch22 HexEdit
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Free • Open Source
Windows
45 Catch22 HexEdit alternatives
HexEdit is a hexadecimal file editor for Microsoft Windows. HexEdit allows the user to view and edit any type of file, no matter what format it is saved in.
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Catch22 HexEdit Features
Hex Editor
Search and Replace
Discontinued
Last commit was in August 2015https://github.com/strobejb/HexEdit