Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Hedit
Finally, a hosts file editor that feels modern
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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HextEdit is a fast, native hex editor for macOS. View and edit the raw bytes of any file, inspect binary data with the byte inspector, and search large files without waiting.
2021 · hextedit.app · its alternatives →
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Hexel Editor▲78Native macOS hex editor with a brain for file formats
Aug 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I built Fresh to challenge the status quo that terminal editing must require a steep learning curve or endless configuration. My goal was to create a fast, resource-efficient TUI editor with the usability and features of a modern GUI editor (like a command palette, mouse support, and LSP integration). Core Philosophy: - Ease-of-Use: Fundamentally non-modal. Prioritizes standard keybindings and a minimal learning curve. - Efficiency: Uses a lazy-loading piece tree to avoid loading huge files into RAM - reads only what's needed for user interactions. Coded in Rust. - Extensibility: Uses…
Dec 2025 · sinelaw.github.io · its alternatives →
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LinkAce is a free and open source bookmark archive for long-term storage and organization of your favorite links.
2020 · linkace.org · its alternatives →
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Over the last few years, I've needed an easy way to quickly serialise and deserialise various network protocols safely and efficiently. Most of the libraries that existed at the time were either quite heavy, had less than stellar performance, or were an abstraction level above what I was looking for. I decided to put together my own class to do the job, starting with an easy, low-overhead way to move bytes in and out of arbitrary buffers. Along the way, it picked up useful bits and pieces, such as buffer structures and allocators that made the byte shuffling faster, often being able to do it…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Board For GitHub▲293A webview based GitHub project app with native features
2017 · justinfincher.github.io · its alternatives →
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Efficient and minimal collaborative code editor, self-hosted, no database required - ekzhang/rustpad
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2011 · hastebin.com · its alternatives →
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SharePad is a free online code interview tool, it has a real-time collaborative code editor, you can run code with built-in compilers.
2021 · sharepad.io · its alternatives →
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fileAI MCP▲235Give AI agents secure, real-time access to your files
2025 · file.ai · its alternatives →
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File system for GitHub & GitLab. Contribute to winfsp/hubfs development by creating an account on GitHub.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Free editor for translations in portable object files
2021 · pofile.net · its alternatives →
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🔥 a versioning filesystem inspired by git. Contribute to artagnon/phoenixfs development by creating an account on GitHub.
2012 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Or more precisely, my little site maker... It is a personal tool that I thoroughly enjoyed making, and enjoy using to write my website . A caveat before any more; nobody was supposed to promote this insanity. Like, terrible things have been done involving inotify and xdotool. But. It showed up on HN some months ago. That too while it was still, shall we say, fermenting. It got "done" some time thence, and of course one could not let the half-past just be. So here we are, for better or worse. Thank you HN mods for helping me repost! _\\// The README explains all, animated GIFs and…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Markdown Editor▲126Clean, modern & open-source WYSIWYG markdown editor
2019 · mdown.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Connect your existing cloud files to Fastio, then give Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, and other AI agents secure file intelligence for search, analysis, and coordinated work.
2019 · fast.io · its alternatives →
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Macdown▲87Open source Markdown editor for macOS. Contribute to MacDownApp/macdown development by creating an account on GitHub.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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