# itchyny/bed

Binary editor written in Go

Repository: https://github.com/itchyny/bed
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bed
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: golang, binary, hex-editor
Last push: 2024-12-01T09:01:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 34/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 40, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3068, "days_push": 640, "days_rel": 640, "gap_med": 27.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1344, forks 51 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:27.102317+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: editor, cli, file-system
- domain: developer-tools, files
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: hex-editor, binary-editing, vim-like, terminal, go, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- itchyny/bed (main) score 34

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:27.102317+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:42:50.460432+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/itchyny/bed (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:27.102317+00:00, sha 626edee74471)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.