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BinEd vs Hex Fiend: catalog facts
BinEd	Hex Fiend
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the two-clause BSD licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Web	macOS
Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux Hex, binary, octal and decimal views with charset support	Opens huge files without loading them into memory Insert and delete bytes, not just overwrite
Requires a Java runtime Swing interface looks dated next to native apps	macOS only Focused on editing rather than full reverse-engineering features
Downloadable app, Web application	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: BSD-2-Clause
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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