Benefits
Hexinator helps you analyze, decode, and edit binary files faster with tooling designed for technical workflows.
Edit Files of Unlimited Size
No matter if you edit tiny files or multiple gigabytes, Hexinator lets you insert, delete, and change bytes efficiently. The editor is highly customizable, including color and row layout preferences.
Universal Parsing Engine
Instead of manually dissecting bytes in raw hex, you can decode complete files automatically with grammar rules.
Free Grammars
A large set of free grammars is available, so you can decode formats like PNG, JPEG, WAV, and others immediately.
Suggest grammar for opened file
File Comparison (Diff)
When reverse engineering unknown formats, comparison is essential. Hexinator supports byte-by-byte diff and an advanced algorithm that detects inserted, deleted, and changed ranges.
Scripting Engine
If standard features are not enough, extend Hexinator using Lua or Python scripts.
Powerful Tools
Data Panel
Interpret selected bytes immediately as common data types, including inverse (little endian) byte order.
Histogram
Use byte-frequency distribution to quickly check whether data appears compressed or encrypted.
Hexinator Histogram dialog for byte distribution of file
Checksums
Compute common hash/checksum values for selected data to validate integrity.
Hexinator Checksum panel for hash value computation
Encoding Comparison
Compare text interpretations across many encodings to find the correct one, even for non-English datasets.
Hexinator Code page comparison dialog
Incremental Search
See all search matches at once and jump directly to findings. Search supports text, numbers, masks, and strings.
Find Text
Search text using many encodings; edit both text and byte representation to convert values quickly.
Find Numbers
Search big-endian and little-endian integer/float representations and navigate to each match.
Find all Strings in File
Like the Unix strings workflow, but with explicit encoding control for accurate extraction.
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