010 Editor vs wxHexEditor

010 Editor is a text and hex editor for working with text files and binary data on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Its Binary Templates represent files as hierarchical data structures, with variables connected to bytes that can be edited. The maker says templates can parse and edit more than 300 formats, including ZIP, BMP, and WAV. The text editor handles files larger than 50 GB and includes syntax highlighting, column mode, and unlimited undo. Tree-sitter provides real-time parsing for more than 45 syntaxes, including C/C++, Python, Rust, JavaScript, and JSON. Analysis tools include binary comparison, search and replace, data visualization, checksums and hashes, a histogram, and disassembly. C-like scripts can automate edits, run from the command line without a user interface, and use an integrated debugger. An online repository lets users download, install, and submit templates and scripts. The maker describes uses in digital forensics, malware analysis, memory and process analysis, and data recovery. Process editing is available only on Windows. A free 30-day trial and 60-day money-back guarantee are offered. New-user perpetual licenses cost $59.95 as a one-time purchase for home or academic use and $149.95, paid once for commercial use; each is for one user and includes one year of free support and upgrades.

wxHexEditor is a free hex and disk editor for examining and changing binary data, with a particular focus on large files on Linux. It uses 64-bit file descriptors and supports files or devices up to 2^64 bytes. The site reports about 25 MB of memory use with multiple files larger than 8 GB open, without copying the whole file into RAM. You can insert or delete bytes without creating a temporary file, compare binary files and merge nearby results, and use its integrated x86 disassembly. It can open devices on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X for disk and sector editing; raw sector editing can be used to work on partition tables and filesystems or recover data. Other tools include many encodings, checksum functions, XOR operations, color tags, and saving selections as dump files. Downloads are listed for Linux, Mac Intel, and Win32. The latest release event listed on the home page is version 0.24 Beta, dated December 31, 2017. The site’s supported languages are English, Turkish, and partially Russian.