What is ImHex?
ImHex is an advanced hex editor, disk editor, and debugger that enables viewing and editing binary files such as executables. It features a modern and intuitive UI providing powerful tools for data analysis and editing aimed towards IT security experts.
Key features include:
- Fast binary editing using hex, decimal, octal, binary, and disassembly views
- Built-in assembly debugging with breakpoints, stepping, registers, and memory inspection
- Advanced data analysis using entropy view, histograms, and pattern searching
- Instant filtering to isolate regions of interest in large files
- Plugin support for extensibility
- Supports editing very large files with instant seek response
With its rich visualization and navigation capabilities, ImHex excels at reverse engineering binaries, performing low level data structure analysis, patching executable files, hunting malware variants by signature, and data forensics.
It runs on Windows 7 and later. The intuitive UI provides a great UX for technical and non technical users alike. It's often the tool of choice by malware analysts, forensic investigators, game hackers, and security engineers.
HxD, WinHex, 010 Editor, Hex Edit, Bless, iHex, 0xED, radare2, Free Hex Editor Neo, Malcat, Hex Fiend, Kaitai Struct, Hex Workshop, wxHexEditor, BinHex CryPactor, Hecate, Hexer, FlexHex are some alternatives to ImHex.