Hiew vs MadEdit

Hiew

Description: Hiew is a hex editor, disk editor and memory editor for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems. It allows users to view, edit, analyze, modify, copy and manipulate files, disks and memory in hexadecimal or ASCII. Hiew is useful for low-level software debugging and development.

Type: software

MadEdit

Description: MadEdit is a lightweight, fast, and feature-rich text editor for Windows. It supports many advanced features like syntax highlighting for many programming languages, macro recording, regexp find/replace, and more.

Type: software

Pricing: Free

Hiew Features

• Hex editor for editing binary files
• Disk editor for viewing and editing disk contents
• Memory editor for viewing and editing RAM contents
• File comparison tool
• File patching tool
• File wiping tool
• Checksum calculation
• Disassembler for x86 code
• Basic debugger
• Scripting support

MadEdit Features

• Syntax highlighting for many programming languages
• Macro recording and playback
• Regular expression find and replace
• Multiple undo/redo
• Multi-caret editing
• Column/block editing
• Word wrap
• Zoom in/out
• Fullscreen editing
• Tabbed interface
• Plugin support

Hiew

• Not listed

MadEdit

• Free