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wxMEdit

wxMEdit is a free, open-source text and hex editor for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

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#15 of 32
Score
6.1
wxMEdit's website

What wxMEdit is

wxMEdit is a free, open-source text and hex editor for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It offers Text, Column, and Hex editing modes, and its Hex mode can open files up to 32GB. The editor supports encodings such as UTF-8, UTF-16/32, ISO-8859 variants, Windows-1250–1258, KOI8-R/U, GB18030, Big5, and Shift-JIS. Regular expressions are available for search and replace, while syntax highlighting covers languages including C/C++, CSS, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, SQL, and XML. wxMEdit also handles non-BMP Unicode characters, including emoji, mathematical and musical symbols, and CJK extension characters. Multiple files can be open in one instance, and the editor checks for updates automatically. The project links to GitHub Issues for support and describes its work as ongoing maintenance with bug fixes, improvements, and refactoring. Its GitHub repository identifies the license as GPL-3.0.

Good

  • Text, Column, and Hex editing modes
  • Hex mode opens files up to 32GB
  • Regular-expression search and replace
  • Supports many encodings and non-BMP Unicode
  • Multiple files open in one instance

Watch out

  • No free trial is listed
  • Hex large-file support is specific to Hex mode

Who it suits

wxMEdit suits people who need text and hex editing on Windows, Linux, or macOS, including work with large files, varied encodings, or Unicode characters. Its three editing modes and syntax highlighting also suit users working with source files.

Verdict

wxMEdit combines text, column, and hex editing with broad encoding support and syntax highlighting. It is free and open source, with packages listed for Windows, Linux distributions, FreeBSD, and macOS.

Plans and prices

From wxMEdit's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.

All about pricing
PlanPriceWhat it gives you
wxMEditFreeText, Column and Hex editing · Hex mode supports files up to 32GB

The facts

Each one read from wxMEdit's own pages, with the date it was checked.

What it does

Automatic updates
It checks for updates automatically.checked 4 Oct 2026
Downloads
The downloads page lists version 3.2 packages for Windows, Linux distributions, FreeBSD and macOS.checked 4 Oct 2026
Editing modes
It edits files in Text, Column and Hex modes.checked 4 Oct 2026
Encoding
It supports many encodings, including UTF-8, UTF-16/32, ISO-8859 variants, Windows-1250–1258, KOI8-R/U, GB18030, Big5 and Shift-JIS.checked 4 Oct 2026
Large files
In Hex mode, it can open files up to 32GB (INT_MAX*16).checked 4 Oct 2026
License
The GitHub repository identifies the project license as GPL-3.0.checked 4 Oct 2026
Maintenance
The project describes its purpose as providing a continually maintained text and hex editor with bug fixes, improvements and refactoring.checked 4 Oct 2026
Multifile use
It can open multiple files in a single instance.checked 4 Oct 2026
Product
wxMEdit is a cross-platform text and hex editor written in C++ and wxWidgets.checked 4 Oct 2026
Search
It supports regular-expression search and replace.checked 4 Oct 2026
Support
The project links to GitHub Issues for support.checked 4 Oct 2026
Syntax highlighting
It supports syntax highlighting for languages including C/C++, CSS, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, SQL, XML and others.checked 4 Oct 2026
Unicode
It supports non-BMP Unicode characters such as CJK extension characters, mathematical symbols, musical symbols and emoji.checked 4 Oct 2026

Where it runs

Platforms
The project lists Windows, ReactOS, Wine, Linux, BSDs, macOS, OpenIndiana, other Unix-like operating systems and Haiku OS as supported environments.checked 4 Oct 2026

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