BinEd
BinEd is a free, open-source developer tool for Android. Editor for binary data (hex viewer/editor). It has 125 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
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About BinEd
BinEd is a hex editor tool, which allows to directly browse and edit content of any file or binary data. 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 matches highlighting - Support for undo/redo - Support for files with size up to exabytes (in partial file mode)
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds BinEd from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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Is BinEd free and open source?
Yes. BinEd's source code is public on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install BinEd?
You can install BinEd from F-Droid (package org.exbin.bined.editor.android) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: 0.2.11).
Is BinEd still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 8, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Aug 19, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.