The Hiew Hex Editor

• rizin

  46 2,436 9.8 C

  UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset.

  

Everything Hiew can do, Rizin[1] can do too, and is completely free and open source[2] under LGPL3 license. Moreover, it supports more architectures, platforms, and file formats, as well as GUI in Qt - Cutter[3][4]. If something is missing in Rizin but presented in Hiew, please let us know by opening the issue with details.

[1] https://rizin.re

[2] https://github.com/rizinorg/rizin

[3] https://cutter.re

[4] https://github.com/rizinorg/cutter

• cutter

  39 14,926 8.2 C++

  Free and Open Source Reverse Engineering Platform powered by rizin

  

Everything Hiew can do, Rizin[1] can do too, and is completely free and open source[2] under LGPL3 license. Moreover, it supports more architectures, platforms, and file formats, as well as GUI in Qt - Cutter[3][4]. If something is missing in Rizin but presented in Hiew, please let us know by opening the issue with details.

[1] https://rizin.re

[2] https://github.com/rizinorg/rizin

[3] https://cutter.re

[4] https://github.com/rizinorg/cutter

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• ImHex

  46 32,934 9.9 C++

  🔍 A Hex Editor for Reverse Engineers, Programmers and people who value their retinas when working at 3 AM.

I now use ImHex after looking for years for a good one. It has a pattern language to provide highlighting.

https://imhex.werwolv.net/

• ghidra-scripts

  49 212 7.0 Java

  A collection of my Ghidra scripts to facilitate reverse engineering and vulnerability research.

• pyhiew

  1 9 3.9 C

If you like scripting, you can use my HEM extension to write more stuff in Python:

- https://github.com/0xeb/pyhiew/tree/main/bin/pyhiew

• binaryninja-api

  9 815 9.7 C++

  Public API, examples, documentation and issues for Binary Ninja

  

• HexFiend

  10 5,165 9.1 Objective-C

  A fast and clever hex editor for macOS

  

For macOS users, there's also native app Hex Fiend (open source) which also has a pattern language.

https://hexfiend.com

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com sponsored

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• keystone

  1 2,183 1.5 C++

  Keystone assembler framework: Core (Arm, Arm64, Hexagon, Mips, PowerPC, Sparc, SystemZ & X86) + bindings (by keystone-engine)

  

Sorry for the late answer. Yes, there is. We hoped a Keystone-based[1] plugin would be a better alternative since it's based on the LLVM code, but the project looks abandoned now[2].

[1] https://github.com/keystone-engine/keystone/

[2] https://github.com/keystone-engine/keystone/issues/560

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