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Hex Fiend vs GHex: catalog facts
Hex Fiend	GHex
Free Free and open source under the two-clause BSD licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later licence.
macOS	Linux
Opens huge files without loading them into memory Insert and delete bytes, not just overwrite	Simple interface that fits the GNOME desktop Maintained as part of the GNOME project
macOS only Focused on editing rather than full reverse-engineering features	Linux only Fewer analysis features than specialised hex editors
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-2-Clause	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
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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