WerWolv/ImHex
🔍 A Hex Editor for Reverse Engineers, Programmers and people who value their retinas when working at 3 AM.
Build with Backblaze B2
SDKs, agent skills, IDE extensions, and reference pipelines from Backblaze Labs. All open source.
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 450 days ago, with 178 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #11 in the weekly ranking the week of Nov 9, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a feature-rich hex editor tailored for reverse engineers and programmers with advanced data analysis and visualization capabilities.
- Offers a custom C++-like pattern language and multi-source data loading for precise parsing and interpretation beyond typical hex editors.
- Use for reverse engineering binary files with integrated disassembler support across many CPU architectures.
- Use for forensic analysis and cybersecurity tasks requiring detailed data inspection, pattern matching, and YARA rule scanning.
- Use for developing and testing custom data processors or plugins to extend hex editing and analysis functionality.
Should you depend on it?
License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.
License
GPL 2.0
Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
- GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
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From the README
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Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
2.6K+149
Open issues
419+38
Compared with peers in Security
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cloudflare/security-audit-skill | 69.3K | +10.7K | 75 | — |
| vxcontrol/pentagi | 33.9K | +719 | 75 | 36 days ago |
| GyulyVGC/sniffnet | 42.3K | +422 | 75 | 111 days ago |
| soxoj/maigret | 39.9K | +332 | 60 | 87 days ago |
| Asymptote-Labs/agent-beacon | 3.4K | +315 | 75 | 1 day ago |
| WerWolv/ImHex | 55.7K | — | 45 | 450 days ago |
| Category median | 39.9K | +422 | 75 | — |
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