HexFiend/HexFiend

Features

• Hex Editors - Provides a native macOS hex editor for opening and modifying binary files of any size.
• Binary File Editors - Ships a native macOS hex editor that opens and edits binary files of any size with insert, delete, and overwrite operations.
• Large Binary Editors - Opens and modifies binary files up to 64-bit addressable sizes without loading the entire file into memory.
• Memory-Mapped File Access - Opens files by mapping them into virtual memory for navigating multi-gigabyte files without loading into RAM.
• Typed Value Interpreters - Interprets raw bytes as integers, floats, and other types with configurable endianness and signedness.
• Memory-Mapped File Editors - Opens and navigates binary files up to hundreds of gigabytes using memory-mapped access without loading entirely into RAM.
• Memory-Mapped Openers - Opens and navigates files as large as 118 gigabytes without loading them entirely into memory.
• macOS - Ships a native macOS hex editor that opens and edits binary files of any size without loading them entirely into memory.
• Sparse Data Models - Provides a sparse 64-bit addressable data model for editing binary files without loading them entirely.
• Binary Diff Engines - Ships a custom binary diff engine that detects insertions and deletions between files.
• Undo Architectures - Implements a byte-level undo architecture that records insert and delete operations without temporary disk space.
• Binary File Insertions with Insert/Delete - Provides byte-level insert and delete operations for binary files without requiring temporary disk space.
• Binary Insert/Delete Operations - Supports inserting and deleting bytes in binary files to enable structural changes beyond overwriting.
• Binary Data Inspectors - Interprets raw bytes as integers, floats, or other types with configurable endianness and signedness.
• Embeddable Frameworks - Provides a reusable framework for integrating hex or data views into other macOS applications.
• Binary Structure Parsers - Uses user-defined scripts to parse binary file layouts and display structured views of data fields.
• Native View Embeds - Embeds hex or data views into macOS applications without building the UI from scratch.
• Template-Based Structure Parsers - Parses and displays binary file layouts using user-defined scripts or templates.
• Binary Type Inspectors - Interprets raw bytes as integers, floats, or other types with configurable endianness and signedness.
• Numeric Byte Interpreters - Interprets selected bytes as integers or floats with configurable endianness and signedness.
• Typed Byte Inspectors - Interprets raw bytes as integers, floats, or other types with configurable endianness and signedness.
• Binary Structure Visualizers - Uses scripts to parse and display the structure of binary files as structured views.
• Embeddable Hex View Frameworks - Provides a permissively licensed framework for embedding hex views into other macOS applications.
• macOS Binary Data Embedding - Provides a permissively licensed framework for embedding hex or data views into macOS applications.
• Binary File Comparisons - Compares two binary files by detecting insertions and deletions using a custom diff algorithm.
• Scriptable Structure Viewers - Parses and displays binary file layouts using user-defined scripts or templates.
• Live Interpreters - Interprets raw bytes as integers, floats, and other types with configurable endianness and signedness.
• Binary Structure Scripts - Uses user-defined scripts to parse and display binary file layouts as structured views.
• Visual Binary Diff Tools - Compares binary files by accounting for insertions and deletions using a diff algorithm.
• Debugging and Utilities - Fast and lightweight hex editor for binary files.
• Developer Utilities - Listed in the “Developer Utilities” section of the Awesome Mac awesome list.

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