Recomp / RE tooling / Multi

ImHex

Hex editor for reverse engineers with a pattern language for describing and visualising file formats.

Tool Human-led released
Stars55k
Commits, 30 days11
Latest releasev1.38.1Dec 21, 2025
Last pushOct 9, 2026

GitHub figures as of 2026-10-14, refreshed daily.

Facts

Original
Binary files and data formats
Platform
Multi
Method
Tool
Provenance
Human-led · Maintained by a credited human team since before 2023 (repo history / project site). what this means
Status
released
Licence
GPL-2.0
Team
WerWolv
Started
2020-11
Runs on
Windows, Linux, macOS
Needs the original
No

How to get it legally

Download it from the official repository or website. No original files are needed.

This project was rebuilt by WerWolv. Facts last checked 2026-10-13.

Sources

Something wrong or out of date? Send a correction.