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Reverse Engineers' Hex Editor vs ImHex: catalog facts
Reverse Engineers' Hex Editor	ImHex
Free Free and open source under GPL-2.0.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
Designed around reverse engineering work Extensible with Lua plugins	Pattern Language for decoding file structures Built-in data analysis and visualization
More than a casual user needs for simple byte edits	Pattern Language takes time to learn More complex than a basic hex viewer
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: GPL-2.0-only
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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