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Reverse Engineers' Hex Editor
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# ![rehex logo](res/icon64.png) Reverse Engineers' Hex Editor



A cross-platform (Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD) hex editor for reverse engineering, and everything else.



An online copy of the manual can be accessed here: [solemnwarning.net/rehex/manual/](https://solemnwarning.net/rehex/manual/).



## Features



* Large (1TB+) file support

* Decoding of integer/floating point value types

* Inline disassembly of machine code

* Highlighting and annotation of ranges of bytes

* Side by side comparision of whole files or selections

* Lua scripting support ([API reference](http://www.solemnwarning.net/rehex/luadoc/))

* Virtual address mapping support

* Support for common text encodings (ASCII, Unicode, ISO-8859-X, etc)

* Import and export of Intel HEX files.

* Bitmap data visualisation.

* Binary Templates for automatically annotating data (similar to 010 Editor).

* Bit editing/manipulation.

* Checksumming of files/selections.



![inline comments + data types demo](doc/comments-types.gif)



![file diff demo](doc/file-diff.gif)



## Installation



The [Releases](https://github.com/solemnwarning/rehex/releases) page has standalone packages for Windows and Mac, as well as installable packages for popular Linux distributions, or you can install them from a distribution package repository as described below.



The same packages are also produced for Git commits (look for the tick), if you want to try the development/unreleased versions.



### Debian



First, you will need to add my APT signing key to your system:



    sudo wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/solemnwarning-archive-keyring.gpg \

        https://repos.solemnwarning.net/debian/solemnwarning-archive-keyring.gpg



Add the following lines to your `/etc/apt/sources.list` file:



    deb http://repos.solemnwarning.net/debian/ CODENAME main

    deb-src http://repos.solemnwarning.net/debian/ CODENAME main



**NOTE:** Replace `CODENAME` with the version you're running (e.g. `bookworm` or `bullseye`).



Finally, you can install the package:



    $ sudo apt-get update

    $ sudo apt-get install rehex



### Ubuntu



First, you will need to add my APT signing key to your system:



    sudo wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/solemnwarning-archive-keyring.gpg \

        https://repos.solemnwarning.net/ubuntu/solemnwarning-archive-keyring.gpg



Add the following lines to your `/etc/apt/sources.list` file:



    deb  [arch=amd64] http://repos.solemnwarning.net/ubuntu/ CODENAME main

    deb-src  [arch=amd64] http://repos.solemnwarning.net/ubuntu/ CODENAME main



**NOTE:** Replace `CODENAME` with the version you're running (e.g. `focal` for 20.04 or `lunar` for 23.04).



Finally, you can install the package:



    $ sudo apt-get update

    $ sudo apt-get install rehex



**NOTE:** Ubuntu users must have the "universe" package repository enabled to install some of the dependencies.



### Fedora



    $ sudo dnf copr enable solemnwarning/rehex

    $ sudo dnf install rehex



### CentOS



    $ sudo dnf install epel-release

    $ sudo dnf copr enable solemnwarning/rehex

    $ sudo dnf install rehex



### openSUSE

    $ sudo zypper ar obs://editors editors

    $ sudo zypper ref

    $ sudo zypper in rehex



### FreeBSD

    $ pkg install rehex



## Building



Compiling REHex from source is described in [COMPILING.md](COMPILING.md).



## Feedback



If you find any bugs or have suggestions for improvements or new features, please open an issue on Github.