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readpe vs EXE Explorer: catalog facts
readpe	EXE Explorer

Best for: Malware analysts and reverse engineers inspecting Windows executables	Best for: Inspecting the internals of Windows executables
Free Free and open source under GPL-2.0-or-later.	Free Free proprietary download from MiTeC.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows
Analyzes Portable Executable binaries from the command line Build instructions cover Linux, macOS, and Windows through Cygwin Includes multiple utilities for PE file analysis	Covers PE32, PE32+, NE, VxD and .NET files Resource viewer with export of any resource Type library viewer and text reports Lists Delphi classes, units and forms
Windows builds require Cygwin	Windows only Read-only inspection, not an editor
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Not open source
License: GPL-2.0-or-later	License: Proprietary
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Offline features available
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for readpe github.com/mentebinaria/readpe Catalog checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for EXE Explorer mitec.cz/exe.html Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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