Bless

Jul 20, 2023

Bless is a binary hexadecimal aka “hex” editor, a program that allows to edit files as a sequence of bytes. It is written in C# and uses the Gtk# bindings for the GTK+ toolkit. Its main features are

  • Efficient editing of large data files
  • Raw disk editing
  • Multilevel undo/redo operations
  • Customizable data views
  • Fast data rendering on screen
  • Multiple tabs
  • Fast find and replace operations
  • Conversion table
  • Advanced copy/paste capabilities
  • Multi-threaded search and save operations
  • Export to text and HTML others with plugins
  • Extensibility with plugins


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