Free Resource Hacker AlternativesResource Editors and other similar apps like Resource Hacker

The best free alternative to Resource Hacker is Universal Extractor 2, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Resource Hacker and 17 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Resource Hacker are Anya, PE-bear, XN Resource Editor and Resource Hacker FX.

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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.

    24 Universal Extractor 2 alternatives

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    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Anya icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. PE-bear icon
     9 likes

    Portable Executable reversing tool with a friendly GUI.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. XN Resource Editor is a free, powerful, fully featured resource editor and PE module explorer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  5. 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
     
  6. 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
     
  7. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. RisohEditor icon
     2 likes

    "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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  9. GARbro icon
     2 likes

    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.

    26 GARbro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Free Resource Extractor is a free and handy utility to scan all DLL, EXE and OCX files and extract built-in resources like icons, bitmaps, cursors, sounds, AVI videos, HTML files, metafiles, etc. Free Resource Extractor can even extract useful resources from system files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning
    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Innounp icon
     5 likes

    innounp, the Inno Setup Unpacker.

    It recovers portions of the installation script (.iss file), including the registry changes and the compiled Innerfuse/RemObjects Pascal Script, if available.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. InnoExtractor icon
     2 likes

    InnoExtractor is a powerful application that helps you to unpack Inno Setup installers. With InnoExtractor you can explore the internal structure and content of the installer and you can to extract them to a local folder or a portable devices...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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