Hexel Editor

What it does

A native macOS hex editor for developers, reverse engineers and security researchers. Open files of any size instantly, decode the bytes under your cursor, parse Mach-O/ELF/PE/PNG/ZIP structure, run checksums and entropy, bookmark what matters

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• Smarter text search. Searches now ignore case — look for srgb and you'll find sRGB too. Type a capital and it matches exactly what you typed. • Hex searches no longer need spaces between the bytes. Type d5a4 or d5 a4 — both find the same two bytes, and you can mix the two styles in one search (ffd8 ff e0). ?? still stands in for any byte. • The welcome window opens in the middle of the screen. It was sitting a little high. • The welcome window now comes to the front on launch instead of opening behind other apps. • Windows reopen where you left them. Hexel Editor remembered the size you'd chosen but never the position. • The "Show this window when Hexel Editor launches" checkbox is now…from apps.apple.com

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