- Binary / Hexadecimal Editor

Extension: NetBeans Plugin

Binary/hexadecimal editor plugin for NetBeans IDE and NetBeans Platform written in Java.

Downloads

Release	Stable	Development
NetBeans Platform Plugin	0.2.4 [2022-10-12]	0.2.4 [2022-10-11]

Published

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 Tools/Plugins in Available Plugins tab search for "bined" or in Downloaded tab "Add Plugins" if you want to install .nbm file.
Current version requires NetBeans 8.2 or newer.

Usage

Use "Open as Binary" action in main "File" menu or in project files context menu.
Use "View as Binary" action in context menu in variables/debug window.

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
• Memory leaks

Source Codes

GitHub Repository
exbin/bined-netbeans-plugin