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itchyny/bed

Binary editor written in Go observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/itchyny/bed · Go · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

34/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 40
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 27.0
  • age_days: 3068
  • days_rel: 640
  • days_push: 640
  • n_releases_24m: 3

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1344 stars · 51 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

bed is a fast, portable binary (hex) editor written in Go with a Vim-like interface that runs in the terminal. It supports editing large files, window splitting, text searching, and undo/redo.

Use cases

  • edit binary files in the terminal
  • hex editor with vim keybindings
  • inspect and patch large binary files
  • search text inside binary files
  • edit bytes in hex and ascii views

When to choose

  • you want a Vim-like hex editor that runs in a terminal
  • you need to edit very large binary files quickly
  • you want a portable, single-binary hex editor

When to avoid

  • you need a GUI hex editor with rich visual analysis
  • you need structured binary format parsing or templates

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

editor cli file-system developer-tools files windows cross-platform cli hex-editor binary-editing vim-like terminal go command-line linux macos

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
itchyny/bedmain34

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="itchyny/bed")

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