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Hex Fiend vs BinEd: catalog facts
Hex Fiend	BinEd
Free Free and open source under the two-clause BSD licence.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
macOS	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Web
Opens huge files without loading them into memory Insert and delete bytes, not just overwrite	Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux Hex, binary, octal and decimal views with charset support
macOS only Focused on editing rather than full reverse-engineering features	Requires a Java runtime Swing interface looks dated next to native apps
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-2-Clause	License: Apache-2.0
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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