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🚧 Active Development — New features, editors and panels are being added regularly. The IDE application is under active construction. Contributions and feedback welcome!
WpfHexEditor — Full IDE with VS-style docking, project system, and multiple editors
The IDE • Editors • Controls • Panels • Quick Start • Docs • Changelog
WpfHexEditor is a full-featured binary analysis IDE for Windows, built entirely with WPF and .NET. It goes far beyond a simple hex editor — think Visual Studio for binary files.
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WpfHexEditor uses a plugin architecture (IDocumentEditor) — every editor is a standalone, reusable component hosted in the docking system.
| Editor | Status | Progress | Description |
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| Hex Editor | ✅ Active | ~70% | Binary editing — insert/overwrite, 400+ format detection, search, bookmarks, TBL |
| TBL Editor | ✅ Active | ~60% | Character table editor for custom encodings and ROM hacking |
| JSON Editor | ✅ Active | ~55% | JSON editing with real-time validation, syntax highlighting and diagnostics |
| Text Editor | ✅ Active | ~45% | Text editing with syntax highlighting and encoding support |
| Image Viewer | 🔧 Stub | ~5% | Binary image viewer (planned) |
| Audio Viewer | 🔧 Stub | ~5% | Audio binary viewer (planned) |
| Diff Viewer | 🔧 Stub | ~5% | Side-by-side file comparison (planned) |
| Disassembly Viewer | 🔧 Stub | ~5% | Binary disassembler (planned) |
| Entropy Viewer | 🔧 Stub | ~5% | Entropy analysis viewer (planned) |
Implementing a new editor? See IDocumentEditor contract and register via
EditorRegistry.
All controls are independently reusable — no IDE required. Drop any of them into your own WPF application with a simple project reference.
| Control | Frameworks | Progress | Description |
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| HexEditor | net48 · net8.0-windows | ~80% | Full-featured hex editor UserControl — MVVM, 16 services, insert/overwrite, search, bookmarks, TBL, 400+ format detection |
| HexBox | net48 · net8.0-windows | ~80% | Lightweight hex input field — zero external dependencies, MVVM-ready |
| ColorPicker | net48 · net8.0-windows | ~95% | Compact color picker UserControl with RGB/HSV/hex input |
| BarChart | net48 · net8.0-windows | ~60% | Byte frequency distribution chart (0x00–0xFF visualization) — standalone only, not yet integrated in the IDE |
| Docking.Wpf | net8.0-windows | ~65% | Custom-built VS-style docking engine — float, dock, auto-hide, colored tabs, 8 themes — 100% in-house, zero third-party dependency |
| Library | Frameworks | Description |
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| Core | net48 · net8.0-windows | ByteProvider, 16 services, data layer — the engine powering HexEditor |
| Editor.Core | net48 · net8.0-windows | IDocumentEditor plugin contract, editor registry, shared interfaces |
| BinaryAnalysis | net8.0-windows | 400+ format detection engine, binary templates, DataInspector service |
Panels connect to the active document automatically via the docking system.
| Panel | Progress | Description |
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| Parsed Fields Panel | ~75% | 400+ format detection — parsed field list with type overlay and inline editing |
| Data Inspector | ~65% | 40+ byte interpretations at caret position (int, float, GUID, date, color, …) |
| Structure Overlay | ~55% | Visual field highlighting superimposed on the hex grid |
| Solution Explorer | ~70% | Project tree with virtual & physical folders, Show All Files mode, context menus |
| Properties Panel | ~50% | Context-aware properties for the active document (F4) |
| Error Panel | ~70% | Diagnostics and validation errors from any IDiagnosticSource editor |
| Output Panel | ~65% | Session log, file operation messages and build feedback |
| Options | ~70% | VS2026-style settings document tab — theme, display, editing defaults, auto-save |
| Quick Search Bar | ~55% | Inline Ctrl+F overlay (VSCode-style) — find next/prev, regex toggle, jump to Advanced |
| Advanced Search | ~45% | Full-featured search dialog — 5 modes: Hex, Text, Regex, TBL, Wildcard |
| File Diff | ~30% | Side-by-side binary comparison with diff navigation (F7/F8) |
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🖥️ IDE Overview VS-style docking with Solution Explorer, HexEditor and ParsedFieldsPanel 
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🔬 Parsed Fields Panel 400+ format auto-detection with structured field analysis 
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📝 Multi-Editor Tabs HexEditor, TBL, JSON and Text editors side by side 
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🗂️ Solution Explorer VS-style project tree with virtual and physical folders 
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📷 More screenshots — TBL Editor, Error List, Output, Light theme
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📋 TBL Editor Custom character table editor for ROM hacking and encodings 
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🔴 Error Panel Diagnostics and validation errors from active editors 
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📤 Output Panel Session log, messages and file operation feedback 
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☀️ Light Theme 8 built-in themes — Dark, Light, VS2022Dark, DarkGlass, and more 
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🎮 TBL Format Explained Custom character table format for game ROM editing 
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git clone https://github.com/abbaye/WpfHexEditorIDE.gitOpen WpfHexEditorControl.sln in Visual Studio 2022, set WpfHexEditor.App as startup project, and run.
Reference the V2 projects:
<ProjectReference Include="..\WpfHexEditor.Core\WpfHexEditor.Core.csproj" />
<ProjectReference Include="..\WpfHexEditor.HexEditor\WpfHexEditor.HexEditor.csproj" />Add to your XAML:
<Window xmlns:hex="clr-namespace:WpfHexEditor.HexEditor;assembly=WpfHexEditor.HexEditor">
<hex:HexEditor FileName="data.bin" />
</Window>NuGet: A V1 legacy package (
WPFHexaEditor) is still available on NuGet but is no longer maintained. V2 NuGet packaging is planned.
JetBrains Rider: See the Rider Guide for IntelliSense tips.
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| Document | Description |
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| GETTING_STARTED.md | Run the IDE or embed the control — step by step |
| FEATURES.md | Complete feature list — IDE, editors, panels, controls |
| CHANGELOG.md | Version history and what's new |
| MIGRATION.md | V1 → V2 migration guide (zero code changes required) |
| Document | Description |
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| Architecture Overview | System architecture, services, MVVM patterns |
| Core Systems | ByteProvider, position mapping, undo/redo, rendering |
| Data Flow | File, edit, search and save operation sequences |
| API Reference | Full API documentation with code examples |
| Rider Guide | JetBrains Rider setup and tips |
| Framework | Version | Notes |
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| .NET Framework | 4.8 | Full support — LRU cache, parallel search |
| .NET | 8.0-windows | Maximum performance — Span<T>, SIMD, PGO |
Recommendation: Use .NET 8.0 for best performance (SIMD vectorization, Profile-Guided Optimization).
19 languages defined with instant runtime switching (no restart).
⚠️ Partial translations — not all languages are fully translated yet. English and French are the most complete. Contributions welcome!
English · French · Spanish · German · Italian · Japanese · Korean · Dutch · Polish · Portuguese · Russian · Swedish · Turkish · Chinese · Arabic · Hindi · and more
WPF HexEditor is 100% free and open source (Apache 2.0) — free for personal and commercial use.
This project is developed in free time by passionate contributors. If you find it useful:
- ⭐ Star this repository — helps others discover the project
- 🍴 Fork and contribute — pull requests are always welcome
- 💬 Share feedback — report bugs or suggest features via GitHub Issues
Every star motivates us to keep building! 🙏
We welcome contributions! The codebase is well-organized and documented:
- Architecture Guide — service-based design and patterns
- CONTRIBUTING.md — branch conventions, standards, how to submit a PR
- Partial class structure — every feature in its own file, easy to navigate
- Sample App — real integration to learn from
Apache License 2.0 — free for personal and commercial use. See LICENSE for details.
- 🐛 Bug Reports: GitHub Issues
- 💡 Feature Requests: GitHub Discussions
- 📧 Email: derektremblay666@gmail.com
✨ WPF HexEditor ✨
A powerful, actively developed hex editor IDE for .NET
Created by Derek Tremblay (abbaye)
Contributors: Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Opus 4.6
V1 Contributors: ehsan69h, Janus Tida
Coded with ❤️ for the community! 😊🤟 (with a touch of AI magic ✨)
🚀 Quick Start • 📖 Tutorial • 📊 Features • 📝 Changelog • ⭐ Star Us
