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Reverse Engineers' Hex Editor vs GNU poke: catalog facts
Reverse Engineers' Hex Editor	GNU poke
Free Free and open source under GPL-2.0.	Free Free and open source under GPL-3.0-or-later.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Command line
Designed around reverse engineering work Extensible with Lua plugins	Interactive binary data inspection and editing Procedural language for describing data structures
More than a casual user needs for simple byte edits	Command-line interface Requires format knowledge for custom binary structures
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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