Extension: IntelliJ Plugin

Binary/hex editor plugin for IntelliJ Idea IDE and other IDEs based on IntelliJ Platform from JetBrains written in Java.

Editor screenshot

Downloads

Release	Stable	Development
IntelliJ Platform Plugin	0.2.10.1 [2024-04-13]	0.2.10.1 [2024-04-12]

Published

Module Website
JetBrains Marketplace

JetBrains kindly provided license for their products via their Free License Programs.

Features

Visualize data as numerical (hexadecimal) codes and text representation
Codes can be also binary, octal or decimal
Support for Unicode, UTF-8 and other charsets
Insert and overwrite edit modes
Searching for text / hexadecimal code with found matches highlighting
Support for undo/redo
Support for files with size up to exabytes
Show debug variables as binary data

Installation

In File/Settings/Plugins search for "bined" in Marketplace tab or use "Install plugin from disk" from additional actions menu if you want to install downloaded .zip file.

Alternative method is to unzip file into plugins directory to make it part of the IDE installation.

Usage

Use "Open as Binary" action in toolbar of "File/Open" dialog or "Open In/Binary Editor" in project files context menu.
Use "View as Binary" action in context menu in variables/debug window.
Associate file extension with Binary File file type in Options/Editor/File Types
Use "Byte-to-byte compare" in Compare files dialog
Use "Edit as Binary" in column context menu in DB view

Known Issues

Editor can freeze with OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space if there is too many big modifications
In delta mode files can be corrupted, if they are changed by other applications at the same time

Source Codes

GitHub Repository
exbin/bined-intellij-plugin

BinEd - Binary / Hex Editor