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GHex vs Hex Fiend: catalog facts
GHex	Hex Fiend
Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later licence.	Free Free and open source under the two-clause BSD licence.
Linux	macOS
Simple interface that fits the GNOME desktop Maintained as part of the GNOME project	Opens huge files without loading them into memory Insert and delete bytes, not just overwrite
Linux only Fewer analysis features than specialised hex editors	macOS only Focused on editing rather than full reverse-engineering features
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later	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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