Hexinator vs wxHexEditor
Hexinator
hexinator.comwxHexEditor
wxhexeditor.orgSide by side
| Figure | Hexinator | wxHexEditor |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Hex Editors | 7.9 (#10) | 7.4 (#20) |
| Large files | The editor supports inserting, deleting, and changing bytes in files up to multiple gigabytes. | It uses 64-bit file descriptors and supports files or devices up to 2^64 bytes; the site says it has been tested with a 1-petabyte file. |
| Purpose | Hexinator is a desktop tool for analyzing, decoding, and editing binary files. | wxHexEditor is a free hex editor and disk editor built especially for working with large files on Linux. |
Plans
Hexinator
- Hexinator (academic/private use)$44.99, paid once
- Hexinator (commercial use)$89.99, paid once
In their own words
wxHexEditor
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.