BinEd is an editor for binary data (hex viewer/editor).
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Visualize data as numerical (hexadecimal) codes and text representation
- Codes can be also binary, octal or decimal.
- Support for Unicode, UTF-8 and other charsets.
- Insert and overwrite edit modes.
- Searching for text / hexadecimal code with matching highlighting.
- Support for undo/redo.
- Support for files with size up to exabytes.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, Windows, and other platforms.
Website: github.com/exbin/bined
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Developer: Miroslav Hajda
License: Apache License 2.0

BinEd is written in Java. Learn Java with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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