WinHex Alternatives

WinHex is described as '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' and is a Text Editor in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to WinHex for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best WinHex alternative is HxD, which is free. Other great apps like WinHex are ImHex, Digler, wxHexEditor and 010 Editor.

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WinHex is a hexadecimal editor capable of opening disks, sectors, files (native support for FAT, NTFS, Ext2/3, ReiserFS,...

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WinHex alternatives page was last updated Jun 24, 2025
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  1. HxD icon

    HxD

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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.

    56 HxD alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    HxD screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Distraction-free
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    2.  Disk editor
    3.  Portable
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Works Offline

    HxD VS WinHex

     

    • HxD is the most popular Windows alternative to WinHex.

    • HxD is the most popular free alternative to WinHex.

    • HxD is Free and ProprietaryWinHex is Paid and Proprietary
    • HxD is LightweightWinHex is not according to our users
  2. 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 WinHex

     

    • ImHex is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to WinHex.

    • ImHex is the most popular Open Source alternative to WinHex.

    • ImHex is Free and Open SourceWinHex is Paid and Proprietary
    • ImHex is LightweightWinHex is not according to our users
  4. Digler icon

    Digler

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    Digler is a tool for forensic disk analysis and file recovery. It's designed to help you unearth lost or deleted data from various disk images and raw devices.

    51 Digler alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    Digler screenshot 1

    Digler Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Terminal-based

    Digler VS WinHex

     
  5. 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.

    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 WinHex

     
  6. 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 WinHex

     

    • 010 Editor is the most popular commercial alternative to WinHex.

    • 010 Editor is Paid and ProprietaryWinHex is also Paid and Proprietary
  7. Okteta icon

    Okteta

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    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.

    41 Okteta alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
    Okteta screenshot 1

    Okteta Features

    1.  Hex Editor

    Okteta VS WinHex

     
  9. DMDE icon

    DMDE

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    DM Disk Editor and Data Recovery (DMDE) is a disk editor which can help you to understand NTFS. Its capable to view your hard disk sector wise, on MFT level, to disect mft attributes and to edit bytes on your hard disk.

    99 DMDE alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    hard disk selection

    DMDE Features

    1.  NTFS Partition Recovery
    2.  Filesystem
    3.  Partition Recovery

    DMDE VS WinHex

     
  10. Hex Fiend icon

    Hex Fiend

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    A fast and clever open source hex editor for macOS.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Hex Fiend screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    2.  Checksums verification

    Hex Fiend VS WinHex

     
  11. PE Explorer icon

    PE Explorer

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    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

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PE Explorer screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Not updated for very long time, no 64bit support.

    PE Explorer Features

    1.  Disassembler

    PE Explorer VS WinHex

     
  12. 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.

    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 WinHex

     

    • BinEd is the most popular Android alternative to WinHex.

    • BinEd is Free and Open SourceWinHex is Paid and Proprietary
    • BinEd is Privacy focusedWinHex is not according to our users
  13. REHex icon

    REHex

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    A cross-platform (Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD) hex editor for reverse engineering, and everything else.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    REHex screenshot 1

    REHex Features

    1.  Hex Editor
    2.  Disassembler

    REHex VS WinHex

     
  14. MadEdit icon

    MadEdit

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    MadEdit is an Open-Source and Cross-Platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ and wxWidgets.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    Main window
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.2.9, released in February 2009, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

    MadEdit Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Hex Editor

    MadEdit VS WinHex

     
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