merces/awesome-hex-editorsA curated and enriched list of awesome hexadecimal editors for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
A curated and enriched list of awesome hexadecimal editors for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
All programs listed bellow have the basic capabilities expected from an hex editor such as viewing, editing, and searching. The number of highlight tags in this list is not a rank. I just want to help you choosing an hex editor that fits your needs.
| Name | Highlight tags | Platform | Interface | License | Origin | Since | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [N] Curses Hexedit | calculator | 🐧 | TUI | GPL-2.0 | 🇺🇸 | Aug 1998 | 🧊 |
| 010 Editor | bookmarks calculator data-inspector diffing disassembly multi-file plugins projects scripting structs | 🪟🐧🍎 | GUI | Commercial | 🇨🇦 | Sep 2003 | 🚀 |
| bvi | multi-file vim-like | 🐧🍎 | TUI | GPL | 🇦🇹 | Jan 2001 | 🚀 |
| ddhx | themes vim-like | 🪟🐧🍎 | TUI | MIT | 🇨🇦 | Sep 2025 | 🚀 |
| dhex | bookmarks calculator diffing | 🐧🍎 | TUI | GPL-2.0 | 🇩🇪 | Mar 2004 | 🧊 |
| dz6 | bookmarks calculator comments themes vim-like | 🪟🐧🍎 | TUI | GPL-3.0 | 🇧🇷 | Nov 2025 | 🚀 |
| EUVA | scripting plugins data-inspector executable-aware themes | 🪟 | GUI | GPL-3.0 | 🇰🇿 | Feb 2026 | 🚀 |
| fhex | data-inspector diffing disassembly structs | 🪟🐧🍎 | GUI | GPL-3.0 | 🇮🇹 | Oct 2019 | 🚀 |
| FileInsight | bookmarks calculator data-inspector executable-aware multi-file plugins scripting structs | 🪟 | GUI | Freeware | 🇺🇸 | ~2006 | 🧊 |
| GHex | bookmarks data-inspector multi-file | 🐧 | GUI | GPL-2.0 | 🇸🇮 | Jun 1998 | 🚀 |
| GNU poke | calculator data-inspector multi-file repl scripting | 🐧🍎 | CLI/TUI | GPL-3.0 | 🇪🇸 | Feb 2021 | 🚀 |
| Helium Hex Editor | bookmarks diffing disassembly executable-aware multi-file plugins structs | 🪟 | GUI | Commercial | 🇫🇷 | 2015 | 🚀 |
| Hex Workshop | bookmarks calculator data-inspector diffing multi-file plugins scripting structs | 🪟 | GUI | Commercial | 🇺🇸 | May 1995 | 🧊 |
| hexedit | 🐧 | TUI | Apache-2.0 | 🇮🇳 | Aug 2020 | 🚀 | |
| Hexer | calculator multi-file vim-like | 🐧🍎 | TUI | BSD-2-Clause | 🇩🇪 | Apr 2009 | 🚀 |
| HexFiend | bookmarks data-inspector data-inspector multi-file structs | 🍎 | GUI | BSD-2-Clause | 🇺🇸 | ~Jul 2014 | 🚀 |
| Hexinator | data-inspector diffing scripting structs | 🪟🐧 | GUI | Commercial | 🇺🇸 | ~2009 | 🚀 |
| HexPatch | comments disassembly scripting | 🪟🐧🍎 | TUI | MIT | 🇮🇹 | Apr 2024 | 🚀 |
| Hexplorer | bookmarks data-inspector disassembly macros structs | 🪟 | GUI | GPL-2.0 | 🇵🇱 | 2002 | 🧊 |
| hextazy | data-inspector vim-like | 🪟🐧🍎 | TUI | MIT | ? | Jul 2024 | 🚀 |
| HexWalk | data-inspector diffing structs | 🪟🐧🍎 | GUI | GPL-3.0 | 🇮🇹 | May 2023 | 🚀 |
| hexxed | data-inspector | 🌐 | Web | Freeware | 🇩🇪 | Jul 2014 | 🚀 |
| Hiew | bookmarks calculator comments diffing disassembly executable-aware macros multi-file plugins themes | 🪟 | TUI | Commercial | 🇷🇺 | ~1991 | 🚀 |
| HT Editor | calculator disassembly executable-aware projects | 🪟🐧🍎 | TUI | GPLv2 | 🇩🇪 | Jan 2000 | 🧊 |
