CombineZP vs GNU hexedit
CombineZP
github.comGNU hexedit
rigaux.orgSide by side
| Figure | CombineZP | GNU hexedit |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Hex Editors | 8.5 (#4) | 7.6 (#13) |
| Intended users | The product page describes CombineZP as suited to Windows users doing close-up or macro focus stacking. | The documented functions suit users who need to inspect or edit file bytes, search binary data, or work with device sectors. |
| License | GitHub identifies the repository license as GPL-3.0. | The author states that hexedit is open source and may be redistributed under the GNU General Public License. |
| Purpose | The repository preserves CombineZP, whose original code was made by Alan Hadley and shared under the GPL. | GNU hexedit displays and edits files in hexadecimal and ASCII. |
| Support | The opened repository and product pages do not describe a support channel. | The author asks users to report problems and welcomes remarks of any kind. |
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In their own words
CombineZP
CombineZP is a Windows focus-stacking program that combines focused regions from multiple photographs into an image with greater depth of field. Its documented methods include Do Stack and Pyramid Maximum Contrast. It provides quick and thorough image alignment, with rotation correction in thorough alignment. Batch processing can stack images, and users can adjust memory use for image sets that demand more from the computer. Macro parameters are editable for additional control over close-up stacking. JPEG is the documented output format. The program is free and the repository identifies its license as GPL-3.0. The repository preserves code originally created by Alan Hadley and shared under the GPL; it contains CombineZ5 and combineZP directories, a README, a license file, and an installer. The README refers to a compiled Windows x86 version 1.0, updated January 27, 2012, in a file named combinezp.msi. The repository says it is kept for posterity, lists no published releases, and a microscopy tools page describes the software as not maintained. Windows is the listed platform; a third-party microscopy tools page also says it works with Wine on Linux.
GNU hexedit
GNU hexedit is a free Linux terminal program for viewing and editing file contents as hexadecimal values or ASCII text. It can read a device piece at a time, search forward or backward for strings in either representation, and save edits. Selection commands allow marking, copying, pasting, saving a copied region to another file, and filling a selected area with a string. The --sector option displays whole sectors and makes scrolling advance sector by sector. Keyboard commands control the terminal interface; --color works only when supported by the operating system. Changes remain in memory until saved, so large fill operations may trigger a warning. Read-only files cannot be changed and are reported as non-writable. The author describes hexedit as open source under the GNU General Public License. The maker page links to source archive 1.6, while Git builds use ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make. It supports disk editing but has no binary comparison, templates, scripting, or plugins.