dhex vs hexer
dhex
dettus.nethexer
hexer.readthedocs.ioSide by side
| Figure | dhex | hexer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Hex Editors | 8.2 (#7) | 6.9 (#28) |
| Purpose | DHEX is a hex editor with a diff mode for comparing two binary files. | Hexer is a multi-buffer editor for binary files that displays its buffers as a hex dump. |
| Supported systems | The maker says dhex is known to run on Linux, HP-UX, FreeBSD, NetBSD, MacOS X, IRIX and Solaris. | The documentation says Hexer is for Unix-like systems and that all POSIX-compatible environments should be supported. |
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dhex
dhex is a free hex editor for inspecting binary files and comparing two of them in diff mode. It uses a terminal interface built on ncurses and is listed for Linux and macOS; the maker also says it is known to run on HP-UX, FreeBSD, NetBSD, MacOS X, IRIX, and Solaris. Search logs can help track changes between file iterations, and the editor supports themes that users can download or submit to the maker. Command-line search can find single words and quoted strings. The .dhexrc configuration file can set header colors, while a base-address option can help when loading partial memory dumps. A correlator introduced in version 0.64 can help match an object file to an executable for comparison. The maker provides downloads including version 0.69, listed as the latest update for the 0.6x branch and dated 19 January 2019. The maker warns that version 0.64 crashes at startup on some systems. dhex is free, with no free trial.