Comparison of hex editors

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General

Type Software license Cost Latest version Latest release date Windows Macintosh Linux
010 Editor GUI Proprietary USD 50–130 3.1.1 Yes (Win98 and up) No No
0xED GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.0.10 02011-11-09 November 9, 2011 No Yes (Mac OS X) No
1Fh GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.18 02009-04-29 April 29, 2009 Yes No No
HxD GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.7.7.0 02009-04-03 April 3, 2009 Yes (Win95, WinNT4 and up) No No
AptEdit GUI Proprietary USD 44.95 4.8.1 Yes (Win2000 and up) No No
AXE Proprietary USD 35 3.4 Yes (Win95 and up) No No
AviHex GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 2.5.3 02008-06-20 June 20, 2008 Yes No No
Be.HexEditor GUI MIT License (Freeware) 0 1.4.7 02011-08-24 August 24, 2011 Yes (Win2k and up) No No
beye Console GPL 0 6.1.0 02009-12-12 December 12, 2009 Yes Yes Yes
Binary Viewer Free GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.0.0 02008-12-11 December 11, 2008 Yes No No
Binary Viewer Pro GUI Proprietary USD 10 1.0.0 02008-12-26 December 26, 2008 Yes No No
Bless GUI GPL 0 0.6.0 02008-08-14 August 14, 2008 Yes (Mono/.NET) Yes (Mono) Yes (Mono)
bvi Console GPL 0 1.3.2 02004-02-13 February 13, 2004 Yes (DOS, Win95 and up) Yes Yes
Catch22 Hexedit GUI Proprietary 0 2.0 Beta 02009-07-17 July 17, 2009 Yes (Win95 and up) No No
Cheat Engine GUI APL 0 6.1 02011-06-09 June 9, 2011 Yes No No
CI Hex Viewer GUI Proprietary 0 1.0.2 02011-07-06 July 6, 2011 Yes (Windows XP and up) Yes (Mac OS X 10.6 and up) Yes
Cygnus Hex Editor Proprietary USD 39 2.50 Yes (WinNT4 and up) No No
Cygnus Hex Editor FREE EDITION Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.00 Yes (Win95 and up) No No
DataWorkshop GUI GPL 0 1.1.1 02004-07-12 July 12, 2004 Yes(Java) Yes(Java) Yes(Java)
dhex Console GPL 0 0.65 02011-02-14 February 14, 2011 No Yes Yes
EditPad Pro GUI Proprietary USD 50 6.4.1 02008-03-12 March 12, 2008 Yes (Win98 and up) No No
Emacs Console/GUI GPL 0 23.3 02011-03-10 March 10, 2011 Yes Yes Yes
febooti fileTweak Hex Editor Proprietary 0 2.0 02006-10 October 2006 Yes (Win95 and up) No No
FlexHex GUI Proprietary USD 40 2.60 02008-09-16 September 16, 2008 Yes (WinNT4 and up) No No
Frhed (Free Hex Editor) [1] GUI GPL 0 1.6.0 02009-06-23 June 23, 2009 Yes (Win98 and up) No No
GHex GUI GPL 0 2.24.0 02009-02-19 February 19, 2009 No No Yes
Hackman Suite [2] GUI Proprietary USD 27 9.2 02011-10-12 October 12, 2011 Yes No No
HEdit GUI Proprietary USD 99 3.2 Yes No No
heme Console GPL 0 0.4.2 02006-11-22 November 22, 2006 No No Yes
Heraia GUI GPL 0 0.1.7 02011-05-02 May 2, 2011 Yes (version 0.0.7 and 0.1.7 has a Windows binary package) No Yes
HexCurse Console GPL 0 1.55 02003-12-22 December 22, 2003 No No Yes
Hexditor.jar GUI Freeware 0 - 02011-01-01 January 1, 2011 Yes (Java 1.4 based) Yes (Java 1.4 based) Yes (Java 1.4 based)
Hex Edit GUI Proprietary USD 40 3.6 02011-05-13 May 13, 2011 Yes No No
Hex Edit Free GUI Proprietary 0 3.0F 02009-05-13 May 13, 2009 Yes No No
HexEdit by Lane Roathe MPL 0 2.20 02008-01-28 January 28, 2008 No Yes (680x0/PowerPC) No
HexEdit by Geoffrey Prewett GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.03 01998 1998 Yes No No
hexedit Console GPL 0 1.2.12 02006-11-26 November 26, 2006 No Yes (via MacPorts) Yes
Hex Fiend GUI BSD[1] 0 2.0 02009-07-30 July 30, 2009 No Yes No
HexIt Console Proprietary
(sourcecode included)		 0 1.57 02006-12-08 December 8, 2006 Yes (DOS, Win95 and up) No No
Hexplorer GUI GPL 0 2.6 02011-06-04 June 4, 2011 Yes (Win95 and up) No No
Hexprobe Hex Editor GUI Proprietary USD 40 4.31 02009-06-26 June 26, 2009 Yes (Win95 and up) No No
Hex Workshop GUI Proprietary USD 90 6.6.1 02011-08 August 2011 Yes (Win2K and up) No No
HHD Software
Free Hex Editor Neo		 GUI Proprietary 0 4.97.02 02011-04-11 April 11, 2011 Yes (Win2K and up) No No
HHD Software
Hex Editor Neo		 GUI Proprietary USD 25–75 4.97.02 02011-04-11 April 11, 2011 Yes (Win2K and up) No No
Hiew Console Proprietary USD 64–199 8.12 02010-10-31 October 31, 2010 Yes No No
HT Editor Console GPL 0 2.0.18 02009-11-21 November 21, 2009 Yes No Yes
i.Hex GUI GPL 0 0.98 02010-09-19 September 19, 2010 Yes No Yes
iBored GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.1.5 02010-12-10 December 10, 2010 Yes Yes Yes
javahexeditor GUI GPL 0 0.4.2 02009-12-30 December 30, 2009 Yes No Yes
KHexEdit GUI GPL 0 0.8.5 01999-12-14 December 14, 1999 No No Yes
MadEdit GUI GPL 0 0.2.9.1 02009-02-19 February 19, 2009 Yes No Yes
Notepad++ (with Hex Editor Plugin) GUI GPL 0 5.3.1 02009-03-28 March 28, 2009 Yes No No
Okteta GUI GPL 0 0.7.0 02011-07-27 July 27, 2011 Yes (KDEWin) Yes Yes
shed Console GPL 0 1.15 02009-03-24 March 24, 2009 No Yes Yes
Synalyze It! GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.0.3.1 02011-04-04 April 4, 2011 No Yes No
tiny hexer GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.8.1.6 02007-07-03 July 3, 2007, not developed anymore Yes (Win98 and up) No No
TurboHex GUI Proprietary USD 29 1.0 Yes No No
VEDIT Console/GUI Proprietary USD 89 6.15.2 02008-02-04 February 4, 2008 Yes No No
UltraEdit GUI Proprietary USD 49.95 15.20 02009-10-02 October 2, 2009 Yes Yes Yes
webhex.net GUI none (web application) 0 Yes Yes Yes
WinHex GUI Proprietary EUR 43–146 16.3 02011-12-15 December 15, 2011 Yes (Win95 and up) No No
wxHexEditor GUI GPL 0 0.11 Beta 02011-06-17 June 17, 2011 Yes Yes Yes
XVI32 GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 2.53 02011-10-26 October 26, 2011 Yes (Win95 and up) No No
Type Software license Cost Latest version Latest release date Windows Macintosh Linux

Features

Maximum file size Partial file loading Disk sector editing Bit editing Text editor Insert / Delete bytes Character encodings(ao) Search Unicode File structure view Disassembler File Compare Find in Files Bookmarks
010 Editor unlimited Yes Partial (only Windows NT and up[2]) Yes Yes Yes Unicode, ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, Macintosh Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
0xED unlimited Yes Yes Yes ASCII, UTF-8/UTF-16 encoded Unicode, ISO-Latin-1, Macintosh No No No
1Fh 2Gb No No No No No OEM, custom No No No No No No
HxD unlimited[3] Yes Yes (Windows 9x/NT and up) No No Yes ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, Macintosh Yes No No Yes No Yes
AptEdit unlimited Yes No No Yes Yes ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC Yes No No Yes Yes
AXE 2 GB Yes Partial (only Windows NT and up) Unicode, ANSI, EBCDIC Yes Yes No
AviHex unlimited No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Be.HexEditor unlimited Yes No No No Yes No No No No No
beye 8'192 TB Yes No Yes No Yes ANSI, EBCDIC, ASCII, Macintosh Yes Yes (AVR, Java, x86, i386, x86-64, ARM/XScale, PowerPC, PPC64) Yes
Binary Viewer Free unlimited No No No No No ASCII No No
Binary Viewer Pro unlimited No No No No No ASCII Yes No
Bless unlimited Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ASCII No No No No
bvi unlimited Yes Yes Yes Yes ANSI, ASCII No No
Catch22 HexEdit 4 GB Yes No No No Yes ANSI Yes Yes No No No No
CI Hex Viewer Unlimited Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, ASCII, Macintosh, UTF-8 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Cygnus Hex Editor 2 GB No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Cygnus Hex Editor FREE EDITION 2 GB No No No No Yes No
DataWorkshop 2 GB Yes No
dhex 2^63 Yes No No Yes No ASCII No No No Yes Yes Yes
febooti fileTweak Hex Editor 2 GB No No No No ANSI No No
FlexHex unlimited Yes Partial (only Windows NT and up) Yes Yes Yes ANSI/MBCS, Unicode Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Frhed limited by free RAM Yes No(read only) Yes No Yes ANSI, OEM Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
GHex 4 GB No No No Yes Partial (no copy/paste) ASCII No No No
Hackman Hex Editor Professional unlimited Yes Yes Yes Partial (external: notepad) Yes ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, ASCII, Macintosh, custom Yes Yes Yes (AVR, Java, x86, Pentium III, Pentium 4-Prescott, Athlon-K7, Athlon 64, Cyrix-M2) Yes Yes Yes
HEdit > 2 GB Yes No No No Yes ANSI, EBCDIC No
heme 2 GB No No Yes No ANSI No No No
Heraia 4 GB No No No Yes Yes ASCII No No No No Yes No
Hexditor.jar 2^63 Yes No (but view help) Yes ISO/IEC 8859-1, ASCII, OEM Yes , case insensitive No Yes
Hex Edit unlimited Yes Partial (9X/NT: vol, NT: raw) Yes Partial (external: notepad) Yes ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Hex Edit Free unlimited Yes No Yes Partial (external: notepad) Yes ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
HexEdit by Lane Roathe Yes Yes Yes (PowerPC) Yes
Hex Fiend unlimited No No No No No ANSI No No No No No No
HexIt limited by free RAM No No No Yes No Yes (x86, Pentium II-Deschutes, AMD K6-2)
Hexplorer limited by free RAM No Partial (only Windows NT and up) No No ANSI, OEM No Yes No
Hexprobe Hex Editor unlimited Yes Partial (only Windows NT and up) Yes Yes Yes ANSI, OEM No Yes No Yes Yes
Hex Workshop Yes Yes Yes Partial (external: notepad) Yes ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, Macintosh Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
HHD Software Free Hex Editor Neo unlimited[4] Yes No No No Yes ANSI, Unicode Yes No No No No No
HHD Software Hex Editor Neo unlimited Yes Partial (only Windows NT and up) Yes Yes Yes ANSI, Unicode, ASCII, OEM, ISO, EBCDIC, MAC, UTF7(Export)/UTF8, KOI8, ISCII, EUC, Arabic Yes Yes Yes (x86, x86-64, MMX, SSE, SSE2, 3DNow!, MSIL) Yes Yes (Replace) Yes
Hiew unlimited Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ASCII,OEM, Unicode,Custom Yes Yes Yes (x86, x86-64, MMX, SSE 4.2, 3DNow! - all assembler, ARM) Yes Yes
HT Editor > 200GB No No Yes No No No Yes (x86, ARM, PowerPC)
i.Hex unlimited Yes No Yes No ASCII No Yes No
iBored unlimited Yes Yes No No Yes (block level only) ANSI Yes Yes No No Yes No
javahexeditor unlimited Yes No No Yes Yes ASCII, ANSI Yes No No No Yes No
KHexEdit limited by free RAM ANSI, ASCII, EBCDIC. No
MadEdit 32 GB Yes No Yes Yes Yes ANSI, OEM, ASCII, Macintosh, Shift JIS, GBK, EUC, Big5, Unicode Yes No No No Yes (Replace)
Notepad++ Not unlimited Yes Yes Yes
shed 2 GB Yes No Yes No No ASCII No No No
Okteta limited by free RAM No No Yes Yes Yes ANSI, ASCII, EBCDIC, many others No Yes No No No Yes
Synalyze It! unlimited Yes No Yes Yes Yes ASCII, EBCDIC, Unicode, all ICU encodings Yes Yes No No Yes No
tiny hexer 2 GB No Partial (only Windows NT and up) Yes No Yes ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, ASCII, Macintosh, custom Yes Yes No Partial (same size) No
TurboHex unlimited No Yes Yes Yes No ANSI, ASCII No No No No No No
VEDIT 2 GB (standard), unlimited (Pro 64) Yes Partial (DOS version only) Yes Yes Yes ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, ASCII, custom No No Yes Yes Yes
UltraEdit >4 GB Yes Yes Yes ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, ASCII, Mac, Unix, UTF-8 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
webhex.net 2 MB No No No No No ASCII Yes No No No Yes No
WinHex unlimited Yes Yes Yes Partial (external: notepad) Yes Partial support of these formats: ANSI, UNICODE, OEM, UTF-8/UTF-16 EBCDIC, ASCII Yes Yes Partial (Only x86 Intel opcodes) Yes Yes (Replace)
wxHexEditor unlimited Yes Yes Yes No Yes ASCII Yes Yes Yes (x86, x86-64, 3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD-V, Intel VT-x) Yes Yes (Replace) Yes
XVI32 2 GB No No Yes No Yes ANSI Yes No No Yes
Maximum file size Partial file loading Disk sector editing Bit editing Text editor Insert / Delete bytes Character encodings(ao) Search Unicode File structure view Disassembler File Compare Find in Files Bookmarks

Notes and references

Notes

ao: ANSI is the Windows character set, OEM is the DOS character set. Both are based on ASCII.

References

  1. ^ Hex Fiend license
  2. ^ 010 Editor features, retrieved 2007-11-29
  3. ^ HxD features
  4. ^ HHD Software Hex Editor Neo edition comparison table, retrieved 2011-03-24

See also

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