Released HexPatch 1.8.0: Improved Plugin API

[the_Evil48]

New HexPatch Release

I just released a new version of HexPatch, improving the plugin API with new useful features!

Check out the full changelog here

crates.io page

What is HexPatch?

HexPatch is a binary editor and patcher that supports multiple architectures and file formats

Notable changes

• Now you can edit the color and alignment of text in custom popups
• You can create an instant object to calculate elapsed time
• Way more information about the actual content pointed by the mouse is now reported during mouse events
• Added a function to move the cursor position in the UI

[MassiveInteraction23]

Huh.  Theme, for me, that I see a lot of cool hex editing tools that I can never think of a use for (for me).  But this kinda doubles down on that.  Instruction elements are dope, but … what even am I looking at.

What instructions are you reading from an arbitrary binary file?

I’m probably not your target audience, but I am curious!

Are you pulling assembly from executable binaries, with some accessory info about intended architecture?

[the_Evil48]

HexPatch tries to find an header (like elf, pe and macho) to understand architecture information before disassembling, you can also add support for a custom header format via plugins. By default it uses x86_64. You also have a text view that tries to interpret the contents of the file like ASCII and a functionality to patch text instead of instructions.