0xfalafel / hextazy

A coloful hexadecimal editor

Hextazy

A coloful hexadecimal editor, inspired by hexyl.

Build

git clone https://github.com/0xfalafel/hextazy.git
cd hextazy
cargo build

Install

An amd64 linux binary is available: https://github.com/0xfalafel/hextazy/releases/latest/.

You can also install via cargo:

git clone https://github.com/0xfalafel/hextazy.git
cargo install --path ./hextazy

If you don't have cargo installed. There are installation instructions here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/getting-started/installation.html.

Usage

hextazy take the file to edit as an argument.

Usage: hextazy [file]

hextazy ./test/all_bytes.bin

You can edit the file directly. Use Tab to switch between the Hexdecimal and Ascii editors.

Once you're done, press q or Ctrl + C to exit.

Shortcuts

Key Combination	Action
Ctrl + C	Exit the app without saving.
Ctrl + Q	Exit the app.
q	Exit the app (in hex editor mode).
Ctrl + Z	Undo the last write.
Ctrl + Y	Redo, cancel the last undo.
Ctrl + U	Undo all changes.
Backspace	Move left / Undo the modification of the previous byte.
Ctrl + →	Jump 4 bytes to the right.
Ctrl + ←	Jump 4 bytes to the left.
Tab	Switch between ascii and hexadecimal editor mode.
:	Open the command bar.
Esc	Close the command bar.
/	Open the search bar.

Search

Key Combination	Action
/4142	Search the hex value 0x4142, and the ascii string "4142".
n	Go to the next search result.
Shift + n	Go to the previous search result.
:s/abc	Search the string "acb".
:x/4142	Search the hex value 0x4142.
:xi/4142	Search the hex value in reverse order: 0x4241.

Commands

The command bar is opened with : in the hexadecimal editor mode.

Command	Action
:	Open the command bar.
:q	Close the app.
:0x1234	Jump at the address 0x1234.

hextazy's Issues

Code licensing ?

Hello could you add a license to the code please ?

It's just to package this software into Nixpkgs, usually we need to set the license in the metadata of the package.