ImHex

ImHex

Developer(s)	WerWolv
Initial release	November 12, 2020;4 years ago (2020-11-12)
Stable release	1.37.4 / February 26, 2025;2 months ago (2025-02-26)
Repository	github.com/WerWolv/ImHex
Written in	C++
Operating system	Windows, macOS, Linux
Available in	English
Type	Hex editor
License	GNU General Public License v2.0
Website	imhex.werwolv.net

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ImHex is a free cross-platform hex editor available on Windows, macOS, and Linux. ^[1]

ImHex is used by programmers and reverse engineers to view and analyze binary data. ^[2]

History

The initial release of the project in November 2020, saw significant interest on GitHub. ^[3]

Features

Features include: ^[4]

• Hex editor
• Custom pattern matching and analysis scripting language
• Visual, node based data pre-processor
• Disassembler
• Running and visualizing of YARA rules
• Bookmarks
• Binary data diffing
• Additional Tools
  • MSVC, Itanium, D and Rust name demangler
  • ASCII table
  • Calculator
  • Base converter
  • File utilities
  • IEEE 754 floating point decoder
  • Division by invariant multiplication calculator

Support for:

• Data importing and exporting
• ASCII string, Unicode string, numeric, hexadecimal and regular expressions search
• Byte manipulation
• File hashing
• Plug-ins

See also

• Comparison of hex editors
• Reverse engineering

References

1. "ImHex: An Open Hex Editor For The Modern Hacker". Hackaday. 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
2. Anónimo. "ImHex - A Hex Editor For Reverse Engineers, Programmers And People That Value Their Eye Sight When Working At 3 AM". Hacking Land - Hack, Crack and Pentest. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
3. Synced (2020-12-08). "'ImHex' Tops GitHub Trending Repos With 1600 Stars in 24 Hours!". SyncedReview. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
4. WerWolv (2023-01-29), WerWolv/ImHex , retrieved 2023-01-29

External links

• Official website