XN Resource Editor AlternativesResource Editors and other similar apps like XN Resource Editor

XN Resource Editor is described as 'Free, powerful, fully featured resource editor and PE module explorer' and is a Resource Editor in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to XN Resource Editor for Windows. The best XN Resource Editor alternative is Resource Hacker, which is free. Other great apps like XN Resource Editor are Universal Extractor 2, PE Explorer, Free Resource Extractor and ResEdit.

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XN Resource Editor alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
  1. Resource Hacker icon
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    Resource Hacker™ is a resource editor for 32bit and 64bit Windows® applications.

    21 Resource Hacker alternatives
    Resource Hacker screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Resource Hacker Features

    1.  Portable
    Resource Hacker iconXN Resource Editor Icon

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    • Resource Hacker is the most popular Windows alternative to XN Resource Editor.

    • Resource Hacker is the most popular free alternative to XN Resource Editor.

    • Resource Hacker is Free and ProprietaryXN Resource Editor is Free and Open Source
  2. Universal Extractor 2 icon
     27 likes

    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.

    23 Universal Extractor 2 alternatives
    Universal Extractor 2 screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Universal Extractor 2 Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Multiple languages
    Universal Extractor 2 iconXN Resource Editor Icon

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    • Universal Extractor 2 is the most popular Open Source alternative to XN Resource Editor.

    • Universal Extractor 2 is Free and Open SourceXN Resource Editor is also Free and Open Source
  3. 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.

    48 PE Explorer alternatives
    PE Explorer screenshot 1

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    • Windows

    PE Explorer Features

    1.  Disassembler
    Discontinued

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

    PE Explorer iconXN Resource Editor Icon

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    • PE Explorer is the most popular commercial alternative to XN Resource Editor.

    • PE Explorer is Paid and ProprietaryXN Resource Editor is Free and Open Source
  4. Free Resource Extractor icon
     20 likes

    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.

    15 Free Resource Extractor alternatives
    Free Resource Extractor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Bundleware

    The installer contains adwares. Be careful during the installation: http://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/

    Free Resource Extractor iconXN Resource Editor Icon

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  5. ResEdit icon
     17 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++.

    12 ResEdit alternatives
    The Dialog Editor

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available and the program was not updated since May 2015. Last version, 1.6.6, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine

    ResEdit iconXN Resource Editor Icon

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  6. Resource Tuner icon
     11 likes

    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.

    12 Resource Tuner alternatives
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    • Windows
    Resource Tuner iconXN Resource Editor Icon

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  7. Restorator icon
     10 likes

    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).

    11 Restorator alternatives
    Dialog Editor

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The software seems to be no longer updated. Latest version was released in 2007, but it can be still bought from the official website.

    Restorator iconXN Resource Editor Icon

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  8. RisohEditor icon
     2 likes

    "RisohEditor" is a free resource editor for Win32 development. RisohEditor realized the ideal of resource editor.

    11 RisohEditor alternatives
    RisohEditor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    RisohEditor iconXN Resource Editor Icon

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  9.  3 likes

    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
    Resource Editor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Resource Editor Features

    1.  Portable
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  10. ResEd icon
     3 likes

    ResEd is an editor for resource script files (*.rc) which is also used in RadASM, FbEdit and MasmEd. As every RAD Software product, it makes application development easy and fast by providing sophisticated functions and integrated clever tools.

    12 ResEd alternatives
    Dialog editor

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Site has been temporarily suspended according to author.

    ResEd iconXN Resource Editor Icon

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  11. Redwood - resources extractor icon
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    View and extract resources from EXE, DLL, OCX, CPL or any other Windows 32 & 64 Bit PE file. The embedded resources are shown in a tree sorted by language and type. Pictures like BMP, PNG, JPG, AVI movies, icons, cursors, dialogs, string tables and version info are shown in...

    20 Redwood - resources extractor alternatives
    Redwood - resources extractor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Redwood - resources extractor iconXN Resource Editor Icon

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  12. Boilsoft Resource Hunter icon
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    Resource Hunter is a perfect resource explorer/hacker/grabber can extract pe resource from exe, dll ,extract icon and image like gif, png, bitmap.

    13 Boilsoft Resource Hunter alternatives
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    • Windows
    Boilsoft Resource Hunter iconXN Resource Editor Icon

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