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Geany vs wxHexEditor

A side-by-side look at Geany and wxHexEditor. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Geany

Geany

Development

Geany is a lightweight, fast, and powerful cross-platform text editor. It has support for syntax highlighting for over 150 file types, code folding, auto-completion, symbol lists, etc. Geany is customizable and extensible via plugins.

lightweightfastcrossplatformsyntax-highlightingcode-foldingautocompletion
wxHexEditor

wxHexEditor

Development

wxHexEditor is an open source hex editor for Windows, Linux and macOS. It allows users to view, edit and analyze binary files in hexadecimal format. Common uses include editing program files, reverse engineering binaries, analyzing network packets and disk forensics.

hexeditorbinaryfilesreverse-engineeringforensics