Free WinHex Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to WinHex for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Windows alternative is Digler, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to WinHex and many of them are free and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows alternatives to WinHex are ImHex, HxD, dz6 and wxHexEditor.

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  1. Digler icon
     33 likes

    Forensic disk analysis and file recovery solution supporting a wide range of disk image formats and raw devices, file system-agnostic recovery, metadata-independent scans, DFXML reporting, plugin extensibility, intuitive CLI, and integration for diverse forensic needs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. ImHex icon
     39 likes

    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

    30 ImHex alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. HxD icon
     137 likes

    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.

    57 HxD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. dz6 icon
     9 likes

    Fast heavily Vim-inspired TUI hex editor.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Rust
    • FreeBSD
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  5. wxHexEditor icon
     43 likes

    Hex Editor. Support editing or comparing (diff) very large files up to 2^64 bytes. Cross-platform Linux, Mac OS, Windows.

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  6. DMDE icon
     13 likes

    DMDE (DM Disk Editor and Data Recovery Software) is a data recovery and disk management tool for Windows, macOS, Linux and DOS.

    109 DMDE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MS-DOS
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  7. A hexadecimal low level disk editor with extensive templates for NTFS, FAT and exFAT partitions

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8.  11 likes

    Kaitai Struct is a formal language for binary format specification that can be compiled into parser code in Java, JavaScript, Python and Ruby.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Hex Edit icon
     7 likes

    HexEdit is a Windows hex editor, user-friendly and reliable with advanced features (full undo, macros, background searches, calculator, full customization, edits huge files).

    48 Hex Edit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  10. REHex icon
     1 like

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

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  11. PilotEdit icon
     3 likes

    PilotEdit Lite is an advanced text and hex editor that supports opening of files larger than 4GB. It offers customizable syntax and keyword highlighting, advanced search and replace operations, HEX mode, column mode, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Hexinator icon
     2 likes

    The professional Hex Editor for Windows and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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