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Reverse Engineers' Hex Editor vs BinEd: catalog facts
Reverse Engineers' Hex Editor	BinEd
Free Free and open source under GPL-2.0.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Web
Designed around reverse engineering work Extensible with Lua plugins	Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux Hex, binary, octal and decimal views with charset support
More than a casual user needs for simple byte edits	Requires a Java runtime Swing interface looks dated next to native apps
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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