HACKER Q&A
📣 billfruit

What is the best hex-editor in 2022


Which is the most feature rich hex editor available as of now for different platforms?


  👤 jqpabc123 Accepted Answer ✓
"Best" is totally subjective.

I use HxD under Windows. It is extremely capable and one of the few I've found that can edit alternate data streams on NTFS.


👤 ksherlock
For MacOS, I use HexFiend. It has TCL-based binary templates (fairly easy to write) and a CLI launcher (hexf)

https://hexfiend.com

https://github.com/HexFiend/HexFiend