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CLUSTER EDITOR-BINARY-HEX · 25 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2007-05-24

Hex editors and binary tools

This cluster comprises 27 tools for viewing and editing binary data, primarily hex editors for files, disks, and specific formats like ELF and G-code. Entries appeared sporadically from May 2007 through July 2026, with no strong trend in frequency. Traction is uniformly low, with all leading tools (se-rs, BinEd, GHex) showing 0 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

MAY 2007: 1JAN 2009: 1APR 2012: 1SEP 2015: 2MAY 2016: 1OCT 2016: 1DEC 2017: 1JUN 2020: 1FEB 2021: 1APR 2021: 1JUN 2021: 1AUG 2022: 1JUL 2023: 1AUG 2024: 1OCT 2024: 1JUN 2025: 1JUL 2025: 1AUG 2025: 1OCT 2025: 1MAR 2026: 1MAY 2026: 1JUN 2026: 1JUL 2026: 1AUG 2026: 1
MAY 2007AUG 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 4 hand-coded · 16 unlabelled

Operator · 20 open source

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01se-rs0★1 moliveopen sourceStructural text editor for searching and rewriting byte ranges in files.
  2. 02BinEd - Hex Editor0★1 moliveopen sourceHex editor application for viewing and editing binary data in hexadecimal, octal, decimal, or text representations with search and undo support.
  3. 03GHex0★2 moliveopen sourceHex editor for GNOME that opens binary files and shows hexadecimal and ASCII representations.
  4. 04exex0★2 moliveopen sourceTerminal UI for exploring and inspecting binary executable formats.
  5. 05romhex14-community0★2 molivehand-codedopen sourceA professional hex editor for ECU calibration, used for automotive tuning, available as an open-source cross-platform tool.
  6. 06HexViewer0★2 molivehand-codedopen sourceAndroid hex viewer that opens and edits files in hexadecimal with search and save capabilities.
  7. 07winghexexplorer20★3 moliveopen sourceCross-platform hex editor that lets users inspect and modify binary files at the byte level.
  8. 08rehex0★3 moliveopen sourceA cross-platform (Windows, Linux, macOS) hex editor for reverse engineering, and everything else.
  9. 09hexer-cli0★4 moliveopen sourceTerminal application that offers a graphical interface for inspecting and editing hexadecimal data.
  10. 10010 Editor0★7 mostaleliveopen sourceHex and text editor for inspecting and modifying binary files using structured binary templates.
  11. 11BinEd0★7 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourceBinary data viewer and editor that displays numerical and text representations, supports search, and provides undo and redo.
  12. 12shed0★11 mostaleliveopen sourceHex editor with ncurses interface for editing binary files.
  13. 13Okteta0★5 moliveopen sourceHex editor that displays and edits raw file data with customizable views and multiple numerical and character encodings.
  14. 14010editor0★6 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourceProfessional text and hex editor that uses binary templates to parse, inspect, and edit binary file formats.
  15. 15python-amulet-io0★11 mostaleliveopen sourceC++ header-only library for binary file reading and writing.
  16. 16libbgcode0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLibrary for reading, writing, and converting Prusa's Block and Binary G-code formats.
  17. 17wxhexeditor0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceProvides a graphical hex editor and disk editor for viewing and modifying binary files.
  18. 18ini_file_manager0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceIni configuration file reader and manipulator package for Ada.
  19. 19elfio0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLibrary for reading and writing ELF executable files, used by developers for binary inspection and modification.
  20. 20vche0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceA hex editor for viewing and editing raw storage media such as hard drives, CD-ROMs, and RAM.

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