Comparison of hex editors

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General

Type Software license Cost Latest version Latest release date Windows Macintosh Linux
0xED URL GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.0.5 02007-01-23 January 23, 2007 No Yes (Mac OS X) No
HxD URL GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.7.6.6 02008-11-08 November 8, 2008 Yes (Win95, WinNT4 and up) No No
010 Editor GUI Proprietary USD 130 3.0 Yes (Win98 and up) No No
AptEdit GUI Proprietary USD 44.95 4.8.1 Yes (Win2000 and up) No No
AXE URL Proprietary USD 35 3.4 Yes (Win95 and up) No No
AviHex URL GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 2.4.0c 02008-06-20 June 20, 2008 Yes No No
Be.HexEditor URL GUI Proprietary 0 1.3 02008-03-07 March 07, 2008 Yes (Win2k and up) No No
BIEW Console GPL 0 5.6.4 02007-04-14 April 14, 2007 Yes Yes Yes
Binary Viewer URL GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.0.0 02008-12-11 December 11, 2008 Yes No No
Bless URL 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 URL Proprietary 0 1.2.1 02007-02-15 February 15, 2007 Yes (Win95 and up) No No
Cygnus Hex Editor URL Proprietary USD 39 2.50 Yes (WinNT4 and up) No No
Cygnus Hex Editor FREE EDITION URL Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.00 Yes (Win95 and up) No No
DataWorkshop URL GUI GPL 0 1.1.1 Yes Yes Yes
EditPad ProURL GUI Proprietary USD 50 6.4.1 02008-03-12 March 12, 2008 Yes (Win98 and up) No No
Emacs Console/GUI GPL 0 22.1 02007-06-02 June 2, 2007 Yes Yes Yes
febooti fileTweak Hex Editor URL Proprietary 0 2.0 02006-10 October 2006 Yes (Win95 and up) No No
FlexHex URL GUI Proprietary USD 40 2.45 02007-04-17 April 17, 2007 Yes (WinNT4 and up) No No
frhed (Free Hex Editor) URL GUI GPL 0 1.1 beta1 02002-03-15 March 15, 2002 Yes (Win95 and up) No No
GHex URL GUI GPL 0 2.22.0 02008-04-10 April 10, 2008 No No Yes
Hackman Hex Editor Professional URL Proprietary USD 30 9.01 02007-06-05 June 5, 2007 Yes No No
HEdit URL Proprietary 0 3.0.0.1 02004-05-10 May 10, 2004 Yes No No
heme URL Console GPL 0 0.4.2 02006-11-22 November 22, 2006 No No Yes
HexCurse URL Console GPL 0 1.55 02003-12-22 December 22, 2003 No No Yes
Hex Edit URL GUI Proprietary USD 40 3.2 02008-02-14 February 14, 2008 Yes No No
Hex Edit Free URL GUI Proprietary 0 2.5F 02008-03-24 March 24, 2008 Yes No No
HexEdit by Lane Roathe URL MPL 0 2.20 02008-01-28 January 28, 2008 No Yes (680x0/PowerPC) No
HexEdit by Geoffrey Prewett URL GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.03 01998 1998 Yes No No
hexedit URL Console GPL 0 1.2.12 02006-11-26 November 26, 2006 No No Yes
HexIt URL Console Proprietary
(sourcecode included)		 0 1.57 02006-12-08 December 8, 2006 Yes (DOS, Win95 and up) No No
Hexplorer URL GUI GPL 0 2.6 02006-01-25 January 25, 2006 Yes (Win95 and up) No No
Hexprobe Hex Editor URL GUI Proprietary USD 40 4.3 02008-06-15 June 15, 2008 Yes (Win95 and up) No No
Hex Workshop URL Proprietary USD 50 5.1.4 02008-09 September 2008 Yes (Win95 and up) No No
HHD Software
Free Hex Editor Neo URL		 GUI Proprietary 0 4.71 02008-11-28 November 28, 2008 Yes (Win2K and up) No No
HHD Software
Hex Editor NeoURL		 GUI Proprietary USD 25 4.71 02008-11-28 November 28, 2008 Yes (Win2K and up) No No
Hiew URL Console Proprietary USD 64-199 7.60 02008-05-15 May 15, 2008 Yes No No
HT Editor URL Console GPL 0 2.0.13 02008-04-23 April 23, 2008 Yes No Yes
i.Hex URL GUI Proprietary 0 0.95 02007-10-04 October 4, 2007 Yes No Yes
KHexEdit URL GUI GPL 0 0.8.5 01999-12-14 December 14, 1999 No No Yes
MadEdit URL GUI GPL 0 0.2.8 beta 02007-10-08 October 8, 2007 Yes Yes Yes
Notepad++ (with Hex Editor Plugin) GUI GPL 0 4.5 02007-10-27 October 27, 2007 Yes No No
Okteta URL GUI GPL 0 0.1.0 02008-07-29 July 29, 2008 Yes Yes Yes
shed URL Console GPL 0 1.13 02006-07-11 July 11, 2006 No Yes Yes
tiny hexer URL GUI Proprietary (Freeware) 0 1.8.1.6 02007-07-03 July 3, 2007, not developed anymore Yes (Win98 and up) No No
VEDIT URL Console/GUI Proprietary USD 89 6.15.2 02008-02-04 February 4, 2008 Yes No No
WinHex URL Proprietary EUR 43 - 146 15.0 02008-06-02 June 2, 2008 Yes (Win95 and up) No Partial (Linux detected in Wine)
XVI32 URL Proprietary 0 2.51 02003-08-02 August 2, 2003 Yes (Win95 and up) No No
Type Software license Cost Latest version Latest release date Windows Macintosh FreeBSD

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
0xED unlimited Yes Yes Yes ASCII, UTF-8/UTF-16 encoded Unicode, ISO-Latin-1, Macintosh No No
HxD 8 EB Yes Yes (Windows 9x/NT and up) No No Yes ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, Macintosh Yes Yes No Yes
010 Editor unlimited Yes Partial (only Windows NT and up[1]) Yes Yes Yes ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC, Macintosh Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
AptEdit unlimited Yes Partial (only Windows NT and up[1]) Yes Yes Yes ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC Yes Yes No Yes Yes
AXE 2 GB Yes Partial (only Windows NT and up) Unicode, ANSI, EBCDIC Yes Yes No
AviHex unlimited 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, Pentium III, Pentium 4-Prescott, Athlon-K7, Athlon 64, Cyrix-M2)
Binary Viewer Unlimited No No No No No ASCII No 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
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
Emacs
febooti fileTweak Hex Editor 2 GB No No No No ANSI No No
FlexHex unlimited Yes Partial (only Windows NT and up) Yes No Yes ANSI/MBCS, Unicode Yes Yes No No No Yes
frhed limited by free RAM Yes No(read only) Yes No Yes ANSI, OEM Yes Yes No
GHex limited by free RAM 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
HexCurse
Hex Edit unlimited Yes Partial (9X/NT: vol, NT: raw) Yes Partial (external: notepad) Yes ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC Yes Yes No
Hex Edit Free unlimited Yes No Yes Partial (external: notepad) Yes ANSI, OEM, EBCDIC Yes Yes No
HexEdit by Lane Roathe Yes Yes Yes (PowerPC)
hexedit
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[2] Yes No No No Yes ANSI, Unicode[3] Yes No No No No No
HHD Software Hex Editor Neo unlimited Yes Partial (only Windows NT and up) Yes No Yes ANSI, Unicode, ASCII, OEM, ISO, EBCDIC, MAC, UTF7/UTF8 (Export), KOI8, ISCII, EUC, Arabic, Others[3] Yes Yes Yes (x86, 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
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++
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
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
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)
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. ^ a b 010 Editor features, retrieved 2007-11-29
  2. ^ HHD Software Hex Editor Neo edition comparison table, retrieved 2008-12-01
  3. ^ a b Hex Editor Neo Documentation: depends on installed Windows code pages and fonts.

See also

External links

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