Preon Alternatives

Preon is described as 'aims to provide a framework for dealing with binary encoded data; or more specifically, it aims to deal with situations in which bytes are considered to be overkill. The project is named after the "point-like" particles, conceived to be subcomponents of quarks' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Preon for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best Preon alternative is HxD, which is free. Other great apps like Preon are 010 Editor, WinHex, Kaitai Struct and Synalyze It!.

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

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HxD
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Free • Proprietary
Text Editor
Windows
53 HxD alternatives
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.
- - HxD is the most popular Windows alternative to Preon.
- - HxD is the most popular free alternative to Preon.
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HxD Features
1. PortableHxD can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in HxD without registration.
3. LightweightHxD consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
4. Ad-freeHxD doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Hex Editor
Disk editor
010 Editor
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Paid • Proprietary
Text Editor
File Comparison Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
46 010 Editor alternatives
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.
- - 010 Editor is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Preon.
- - 010 Editor is the most popular commercial alternative to Preon.
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Hex Editor
Disk editor
WinHex
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Paid • Proprietary
Text Editor
File Recovery Tool
Windows
41 WinHex alternatives
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.
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WinHex Features
Disk editor
ASCII Editor
Support for Unicode
Hex Editor
Kaitai Struct
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
17 Kaitai Struct alternatives
Kaitai Struct is a declarative language used for describe various binary data structures, laid out in files or in memory: i.e. binary file formats, network stream packet formats, etc.
- - Kaitai Struct is the most popular Open Source alternative to Preon.
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Hex Editor
C++
Ruby
C-sharp
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Synalyze It!
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
20 Synalyze It! alternatives
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.
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Synalyze It! Features
Debugging
Hex Editor
Hexinator
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
Linux
17 Hexinator alternatives
The professional Hex Editor for Windows and Linux.
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Hexinator Features
1. PortableHexinator can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Hex Editor
DHEX
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Linux
52 DHEX alternatives
DHEX is a more than just another hex editor: It includes a diff mode, which can be used to easily and conveniently compare two binary files. Since it is based on ncurses and is themeable, it can run on any number of systems and scenarios.
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DHEX Features
Hex Editor
FlexHex
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Windows
52 FlexHex alternatives
FlexHEX is a full-featured hex editor designed to edit binary files, OLE compound files, logical devices, and physical drives. With FlexHEX you can inspect, modify, insert, search, or replace binary, ASCII, or UNICODE data.
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FlexHex Features
ASCII Editor
Hex Editor
Tweak hex editor
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Free • Open Source
Linux
52 Tweak hex editor alternatives
Tweak is a hex editor. It allows you to edit a file at very low level, letting you see the full and exact binary contents of the file. It can be useful for modifying binary files such as executables, editing disk or CD images, debugging programs that generate binary file formats...
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Tweak hex editor Features
Hex Editor
File Peek
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
52 File Peek alternatives
Use the built-in hex editor, get MD5, SHA1, SHA256 hashes and Base64 with one click, or change the modified and created dates.
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SHA256
Hex Editor