Resource Hacker AlternativesResource Editors and other similar apps like Resource Hacker

Resource Hacker is described as 'Resource editor for 32bit and 64bit Windows® applications' and is a very popular Resource Editor in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Resource Hacker for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best Resource Hacker alternative is Universal Extractor 2, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Resource Hacker are Restorator, Resource Tuner, PE Explorer and PE-bear.

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  1. 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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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Restorator icon
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    Restorator is an award-winning utility to edit windows resources in applications and their components, e.g. files with .exe, .dll, .res, .rc, .dcr, extension (see PE files and RES files).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Resource Tuner icon
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    Resource Tuner lets you view, extract, replace, edit, and delete the embedded resources of executable files: icons, strings, images, sounds, dialogs, menus - all that make up the visual part of your Windows programs.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. PE Explorer icon
     33 likes

    PE Explorer is the most feature-packed program for inspecting the inner workings of your own software, and more importantly, third party Windows applications and libraries for which you do not have source code.

    49 PE Explorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. PE-bear icon
     9 likes

    Portable Executable reversing tool with a friendly GUI.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Resource Hacker FX is an improved Resource Hacker: it is a patcher that needs to be used on the original Resource Hacker v3.6.0.92.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Resource Hacker
     
  7. ResEdit icon
     18 likes

    ResEdit is a free resource editor for Windows programs. You can use it if you want to use dialogs, icons, version information or other types of resources. Output files can be compiled by any Windows compiler that includes a resource compiler, like MinGW and Microsoft Visual C++.

    13 ResEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Anya is a privacy-first static malware analysis tool for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It combines PE, ELF, and Mach-O binary analysis with MITRE ATT&CK mapping, confidence-based risk scoring, and plain-English explanations. All offline, with zero network calls.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  9. The primary focus of the resource editor is RES files with a heavy bias toward the resource types commonly used by Delphi developers, but all common resource file formats and resource types are supported.

    8 Resource Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. GARbro icon
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    A resource browser, archiver, and extractor specializing in game data archives. It handles uncommon file formats not supported by standard zip and rar utilities. A full list of supported formats can be found at https://morkt.github.io/GARbro/supported.html.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. RisohEditor icon
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    "RisohEditor" is a free resource editor for Win32 development. RisohEditor realized the ideal of resource editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    open source, support multi-language UI

    • RisohEditor is Free and Open SourceResource Hacker is Free and Proprietary
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