HexEditor2.0 Beta

HexEditor is an application developed in Java which gives you the possibility to view and exit the hexadecimal code of any files, regardless of their format. It also reveals some technical information that can be analyzed by experienced users.

Simple interface for editing hex code

It's packed in a user-friendly interface made from a normal window with a plain and simple structure, where you can use the file browser to find and open a file to view its hex code.The technical details include signed and unsigned 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit, long (64-bit integer), float (32-bit), double (64-bit) and binary. You can make a selection by specifying the start and end offset, as well as jump to any offset within the code.

Perform searches and save the file

Search operations can be conducted to track down a particular signed or unsigned byte, short, integer, long, float, double, string or regular string.After editing the file, you can overwrite it with the modifications or create a new file by indicating the output folder and filename. Moreover, you can inspect a table showing character distribution with bytes, hex values, count and percentage. Keyboard shortcuts are supported.

No setup necessary, besides Java

Since it's not wrapped in a setup kit, you can drop the downloaded files in a custom directory on the disk or store them on a USB flash drive to seamlessly run HexEditor on any computer with Java. It doesn't add new entries to your system registry or create files on the disk without your approval.

Evaluation and conclusion

No error dialogs popped up in our tests and the program didn't freeze or crash. It used a low amount of CPU and RAM, so it didn't hamper the machine's performance. However, HexEditor is not intuitive for less experienced users.