Synalyze It!

Synalyze It!

By Andreas Pehnack

  • Category: Developer Tools
  • Release Date: 2011-03-07
  • Current Version: 1.32
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 95.88 MB
  • Developer: Andreas Pehnack
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 10.14.6 or later.

Description

Synalyze It! is a simple to use Mac OS X app which lets you easily edit and analyze binary files of any size. It's the little brother of Synalyze It! Pro but still much more than a regular hex editor. Synalyze It! features enhanced support for many character encodings and it will allow you to interactively define "grammars" for various file formats. Several grammars do already exist and can be downloaded for free. Files are decoded automatically using grammars! Synalyze It! is perfect for editing saved games or other unknown binary file formats and actively supports reverse engineering. Here are some key features of Synalyze It!: * Hex Editor & Viewer (change, insert and delete quickly in files of unlimited size) * Printing * Histogram view * Go to Position in file * Save selected bytes * Compare code pages * Incremental text search with encoding selection * Find text * Find numbers * Search for masks * See all strings in a file

Screenshots

Reviews

  • Instant disappointment

    2
    By orangekay
    Only renders ASCII until you define a grammar. If you are spelunking into a completely unknown format and want to quickly see what a particular byte sequence is in decimal as you dig, you're outta luck. Given this rather egregious limitation I sincerely have no idea who the target audience for this application is even meant to be.
  • Needs maintenance, but super useful.

    3
    By themanchicken
    It's clearly not being updated well, but it's still super freakin' useful.
  • Glad I bought it!

    5
    By @Road Warrior
    I spent a long day trying to parse a binary data file to write a custom I/O library, many hours counting bytes on a hex dump to reverse engineer the file layout. Found and bought this little gem and the problem was solved in about twenty minutes, coded up and working in a coupe of hours. The file type was even in the included grammers!! Haven't used many of its features yet but everything I have done has worked flawlessly. Glad to have this in my bag 'o tricks!
  • Massive Time Saver

    5
    By mtxdustin
    I've used Hex Fiend for years and still a fan, but this tool wins hands down! Keep up the great work!
  • Did not work as shown in tutorials

    1
    By Jmitsu
    Most of the features are missing. You can’t apply grammars and the tutorial directions on the website do not work. Dropdown menus are different and are missing the option to insert, which you need in order to apply/create a grammar.
  • great app at a great price!

    5
    By johnegq
    Very nice and easy hex editor for the mac (native app). Worth the low price. Grammar support? AWESOME!!! please support this developer
  • Directions are not good and Software Accesses the Internet for some reason

    1
    By Turbotj
    If you don't have much experience, the software is pretty much useless. Also, I caught the software trying to access the internet. This makes me really nervous, so I won't be using it anymore. Don't waste your money.
  • Tutorial displays features that it doesn’t have

    1
    By ryandavward
    For some reason all the features are broken, and it’s just a hex viewer.
  • Awesome, can't believe its free!

    5
    By TheiPhoneG33k
    I have been looking for a good hex editor on the Mac for a while now. This app goes far beyond my expectations and needs. I used this to map one of our companies propietary binary files, and I am amazed by the flexibility of this software. You have nothing to lose, grab it today.
  • Spectacular App

    5
    By Ptahhotep
    When I saw that this was free, I wasn't expecting much. But this was a total surprise - even paid hex editors I've used in the past weren't this good. This is the best hex editor I've used on the Mac in terms of speed and simplicity. The grammar functionality is really interesting; I know I'll be spending time experimenting with that. I'd like to see file comparison functionality, perhaps some CRC utilities, and a few other odds and ends, but this is definitely worth 5 stars as it is. As another reviewer said - I can't believe this is free.

keyboard_arrow_up