十六進制編輯器是用于編輯單個字節數據的軟件應用程序，主要由程序員或系統管理員使用。

常規文本編輯器和十六進制編輯器之間的區別在于常規編輯器表示文件的邏輯內容，而十六進制編輯器表示文件的物理內容。十六進制編輯器可以讓你以十六進制的形式查看或編輯文件的二進制數據，并用較為友好的界面來編輯二進制數據。對于需要處理二進制數據的用戶，它非常受歡迎，例如使用十六進制編輯器可以更改游戲中的部分設置。

常用的十六進制編輯器有 Bless Hex Editor、GNOME Hex Editor、Okteta 等。和大多數編輯器一樣，人們對于十六進制編輯器的要求包括功能強大、可定制性、界面美觀。GitHub 上有一款開源的，名叫?ImHex 的十六進制編輯器，star 數量高達21.9k，Github地址：https://github.com/WerWolv/ImHex。

項目作者在 readme 文件中首先介紹了 ImHex 編輯器實現的功能特性。

• 十六進制視圖

  • Bytes

  • Hex string

  • C, C++, C#, Rust, Python, Java & JavaScript 數組

  • ASCII-Art 十六進制視圖

  • HTML 自包含?div

  • Byte patching

  • Patch management

  • Copy bytes as feature

  • String and hex search

  • Colorful highlighting

  • Goto from start, end and current cursor position

• Custom C++-like pattern language for parsing highlighting a file's content

  • Automatic loading based on MIME type

  • arrays, pointers, structs, unions, enums, bitfields, namespaces, little and big endian support, conditionals and much more!

  • Useful error messages, syntax highlighting and error marking

• Doesn't burn out your retinas when used in late-night sessions

  • Dark mode by default, but a light mode is available as well

• Data importing

  • Base64 files

  • IPS and IPS32 patches

• Data exporting

  • IPS and IPS32 patches

• Data inspector allowing interpretation of data as many different types (little and big endian)

• Huge file support with fast and efficient loading

• String search

  • Copying of strings

  • Copying of demangled strings

• File hashing support

  • CRC16 and CRC32 with custom initial values and polynomials

  • MD4, MD5

  • SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512

• Disassembler supporting many architectures (frontend for Capstone)

  • ARM32 (ARM, Thumb, Cortex-M, AArch32)

  • ARM64

  • MIPS (MIPS32, MIPS64, MIPS32R6, Micro)

  • x86 (16-bit, 32-bit, 64-bit)

  • PowerPC (32-bit, 64-bit)

  • SPARC

  • IBM SystemZ

  • xCORE

  • M68K

  • TMS320C64X

  • M680X

  • Ethereum

  • RISC-V

  • WebAssembly

  • MOS65XX

  • Berkeley Packet Filter

• Bookmarks

  • Region highlighting

  • Comments

• Data Analyzer

  • File magic-based file parser and MIME type database

  • Byte distribution graph

  • Entropy graph

  • Highest and average entropy

  • Encrypted / Compressed file detection

• Built-in Content Store

  • Download all files found in the database directly from within ImHex

• Yara Rules support

  • Quickly scan a file for vulnerabilities with official yara rules

• Helpful tools

  • File splitter

  • File combiner

  • File shredder

  • Itanium and MSVC demangler

  • ASCII table

  • Regex replacer

  • Mathematical expression evaluator (Calculator)

  • Hexadecimal Color picker

  • Base converter

  • UNIX Permissions calculator

  • Anonfiles File upload tool

  • Wikipedia term definition finder

  • File utilities

• 界面美觀
  

每款編輯器都有自己的風格，越來越多的開發者青睞于黑色背景、彩色高亮顯示的界面風格，ImHex 就是如此：