https://github.com/solemnwarning/rehex

Reverse Engineers' Hex Editor
https://github.com/solemnwarning/rehex

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Reverse Engineers' Hex Editor

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/solemnwarning/rehex
• Owner: solemnwarning
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2017-12-21T18:33:50.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-22T19:02:47.000Z (about 2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-29T15:36:18.931Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: C++
• Homepage: https://rehex.solemnwarning.net/
• Size: 7.39 MB
• Stars: 2,301
• Watchers: 44
• Forks: 116
• Open Issues: 31
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGES.txt
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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README

        
# ![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.