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 3.0.5 Yes (Win98 and up) No No
0xED GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.0.7 02009-01-15 Template:Dts/lkno No Yes (Mac OS X) No
1Fh GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.18 02009-04-29 Template:Dts/lkno Yes No No
HxD GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.7.7.0 02009-04-03 Template:Dts/lkno Yes (Win95, WinNT4 and up) No Partial (compatible with Wine)
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 2.4.0c 02008-06-20 Template:Dts/lkno Yes No No
Be.HexEditor GUI Proprietary 0 1.3 02008-03-07 Template:Dts/lkno Yes (Win2k and up) No No
BIEW Console GPL 0 5.7.2 02009-01-11 Template:Dts/lkno Yes Yes Yes
Binary Viewer Free GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.0.0 02008-12-11 Template:Dts/lkno Yes No No
Binary Viewer Pro GUI Proprietary USD 10 1.0.0 02008-12-26 Template:Dts/lkno Yes No No
Bless GUI GPL 0 0.6.0 02008-08-14 Template:Dts/lkno Yes (Mono/.NET) Yes (Mono) Yes (Mono)
bvi Console GPL 0 1.3.2 02004-02-13 Template:Dts/lkno Yes (DOS, Win95 and up) Yes Yes
Catch22 Hexedit GUI Proprietary 0 1.2.1 02007-02-15 Template:Dts/lkno Yes (Win95 and up) No No
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 Yes(Java) Yes(Java) Yes(Java)
EditPad Pro GUI Proprietary USD 50 6.4.1 02008-03-12 Template:Dts/lkno Yes (Win98 and up) No No
Emacs Console/GUI GPL 0 22.3 02008-09-05 Template:Dts/lkno Yes Yes Yes
febooti fileTweak Hex Editor Proprietary 0 2.0 02006-10 Template:Dts/lkno Yes (Win95 and up) No No
FlexHex GUI Proprietary USD 40 2.60 02008-09-16 Template:Dts/lkno Yes (WinNT4 and up) No No
Frhed (Free Hex Editor) GUI GPL 0 1.6.0 02009-06-23 Template:Dts/lkno Yes (Win98 and up) No No
GHex GUI GPL 0 2.22.0 02008-04-10 Template:Dts/lkno No No Yes
Hackman Hex Editor Professional Proprietary USD 30 9.01 02007-06-05 Template:Dts/lkno Yes No No
HEdit Proprietary 0 3.0.0.1 02004-05-10 Template:Dts/lkno Yes No No
heme Console GPL 0 0.4.2 02006-11-22 Template:Dts/lkno No No Yes
HexCurse Console GPL 0 1.55 02003-12-22 Template:Dts/lkno No No Yes
Hex Edit GUI Proprietary USD 40 3.4 02009-04-29 Template:Dts/lkno Yes No No
Hex Edit Free GUI Proprietary 0 3.0F 02009-05-13 Template:Dts/lkno Yes No No
HexEdit by Lane Roathe MPL 0 2.20 02008-01-28 Template:Dts/lkno No Yes (680x0/PowerPC) No
HexEdit by Geoffrey Prewett GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.03 01998 Template:Dts/lkno Yes No No
hexedit Console GPL 0 1.2.12 02006-11-26 Template:Dts/lkno No Yes (via MacPorts) Yes
Hex Fiend Console Proprietary[1] 0 1.1.1 02006-11-07 Template:Dts/lkno No Yes No
HexIt Console Proprietary
(sourcecode included) 		0 1.57 02006-12-08 Template:Dts/lkno Yes (DOS, Win95 and up) No No
Hexplorer GUI GPL 0 2.6 02006-01-25 Template:Dts/lkno Yes (Win95 and up) No No
Hexprobe Hex Editor GUI Proprietary USD 40 4.3 02008-06-15 Template:Dts/lkno Yes (Win95 and up) No No
Hex Workshop GUI Proprietary USD 90 6.0.1 02009-01-04 Template:Dts/lkno Yes (Win2K and up) No No
HHD Software
Free Hex Editor Neo 		GUI Proprietary 0 4.93.03 02009-11-27 Template:Dts/lkno Yes (Win2K and up) No No
HHD Software
Hex Editor Neo 		GUI Proprietary USD 25–80 4.93.03 02009-11-27 Template:Dts/lkno Yes (Win2K and up) No No
Hiew Console Proprietary USD 64–199 8.00 02009-01-29 Template:Dts/lkno Yes No No
HT Editor Console GPL 0 2.0.13 02008-04-23 Template:Dts/lkno Yes No Yes
i.Hex GUI Proprietary 0 0.95 02007-10-04 Template:Dts/lkno Yes No Yes
iBored GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.1 02009-01-17 Template:Dts/lkno Yes Yes Yes
KHexEdit GUI GPL 0 0.8.5 01999-12-14 Template:Dts/lkno No No Yes
MadEdit GUI GPL 0 0.2.8 beta 02007-10-08 Template:Dts/lkno Yes Yes Yes
Notepad++ (with Hex Editor Plugin) GUI GPL 0 5.3.1 02009-03-28 Template:Dts/lkno Yes No No
Okteta GUI GPL 0 0.2.0 02009-01-27 Template:Dts/lkno Yes Yes Yes
shed Console GPL 0 1.13 02006-07-11 Template:Dts/lkno No Yes Yes
tiny hexer GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.8.1.6 02007-07-03 Template:Dts/lkno, not developed anymore Yes (Win98 and up) No No
VEDIT Console/GUI Proprietary USD 89 6.15.2 02008-02-04 Template:Dts/lkno Yes No No
UltraEdit GUI Proprietary USD 49.95 15.20 02009-10-02 Template:Dts/lkno Yes No Yes
webhex.net GUI none (web application) 0 Yes Yes Yes
WinHex GUI Proprietary EUR 43–146 15.1 02008-09-03 Template:Dts/lkno Yes (Win95 and up) No Partial (Compatible with wine)
wxHexEditor GUI GPL 0 0.07 Alpha 02009-02-22 Template:Dts/lkno Not yet Yes Yes
XVI32 executable GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 2.51 02003-08-02 Template:Dts/lkno 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 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
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
BIEW 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
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
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 limited by free RAM No No No Yes Yes ASCII No No No
Hackman Hex Editor Professional unlimited Yes Yes No No ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, ASCII, Macintosh, custom Yes Yes Yes (AVR, Java, x86, Pentium III, Pentium 4-Prescott, Athlon-K7, Athlon 64, Cyrix-M2) No
HEdit > 2 GB Yes No No No Yes ANSI, EBCDIC No
heme 2 GB No No Yes No ANSI No No No
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)
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 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 No 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/UTF8 (Export), KOI8, ISCII, EUC, Arabic Yes Yes Yes (x86, x86-64, MMX, SSE, SSE2, 3DNow!, MSIL) Yes Yes (Replace) Yes
Hiew Yes No Yes No Yes ASCII Yes Yes Yes (x86, x86-64) 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 UTF-8 Yes Yes 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 Yes No No No Yes (Replace)
Notepad++ 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 No No No No Yes
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
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 No No No No No No No No 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 2009-06-08

See also

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