Chirurgien is an hex editor and a tool for reverse engineering, analyzing, and carving binary file formats.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Human-readable description panel.
- Insert, edit, extract, and delete file data.
- File structure/chunk navigation panel.
- Built-in support with structure recognition and highlighting for many file formats.
- Extendable with new and custom file format definitions.
Website: github.com/leonardschardijn/Chirurgien
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Developer: Daniel Léonard Schardijn
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Chirurgien is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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