Beye

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{{Infobox software
| caption = Beye
| screenshot = [[Image:biew ss.png|250px]]
| developer = Nickols Kurshev
| latest_release_version = 6.1.0
| latest_release_date = 12 December 2009
| operating_system = [[Cross-platform]]
| genre = [[Software utility|Utility]]
| licence = [[GNU General Public License]]
| website = [http://beye.sourceforge.net beye.sourceforge.net]
}}

'''BEYE''' ('''Binary EYE''') is a multiplatform, portable [[File viewer|viewer]] of [[binary files]] with a built-in editor that functions in binary, hexadecimal and [[disassembler]] modes. It uses native [[X86_assembly_language#Syntax|Intel syntax]] for disassembly. Features include an [[Atmel AVR|AVR]]/[[Java (software platform)|Java]]/[[x86]]-[[i386]]-[[AMD64]]/[[ARM architecture|ARM]]-[[XScale]]/[[PPC64]] disassemblers, a Russian code pages converter, full preview of [[DOS MZ executable|MZ]], [[New Executable|NE]], [[Portable Executable|PE]], [[NetWare Loadable Module|NLM]], [[COFF]]32, [[Executable and Linkable Format|ELF]] formats, partial preview of [[a.out]], [[Linear Executable|LE and LX]], [[Phar Lap (company)|Phar Lap]] formats, and a code navigator.

==History==
The program was created in 1994 under the name Biew. In February 2010 it was renamed into Beye, even though poll votes were mostly against. Author stated, that previous name "had some negative associations in English"<ref>http://beye.sourceforge.net/en/beye_intro.html</ref> and new one "doesn't conflict with other projects".<ref>http://sourceforge.net/p/beye/news/2010/02/project-changes-unix-name/</ref>

At that time, compilers were not able to produce highly optimized executables, and CPUs were too slow. That caused many programmers to code in [[assembly language]]. In those days many countries, including Russia, had no Internet access and it was problematic to find information about CPUs. Many programs produced errors and it was too difficult to understand the true source of the problems. The compiler might be defective, or the program might have design defects or oversights.

After spending a long time trying to understand the causes of the defects in his own programs, the author of beye coded his own disassembler. Perhaps the needs of the author could have been covered by existing disassemblers but it was impossible to get them, and so he wrote his own. The author of beye was familiar with some disassemblers, like [[hiew]] and qview. But these covered only half of the author's needs. When the project achieved the functionality of [[hiew]], the author started redistributing his project to friends.

Initially beye was closed-source, but friends helped to improve the project with new ideas, and in some cases with new code. Later, after purchasing a modem, the author decided to open the source and publish beye on the Internet. The author understood that commercial profit from selling executables of beye would be too low to make much money. On the other hand, attracting volunteers would permit serious improvements of the project.

In 2000, the sources were published at [[SourceForge]].

==Features==
Beye's features include:<ref>http://beye.sourceforge.net/en/beye_intro.html</ref>
* Built-in [[Atmel AVR|AVR]]/[[Java (software platform)|Java]]/[[x86]]-[[i386]]-[[AMD64]]/[[ARM architecture|ARM]]-[[XScale]]/[[PPC64]] disassemblers.
* Saving and restoring parts of files.
* Support for [[A.out|a-out]], [[GNU arch|arch]], [[COFF|coff-386]], [[Executable and Linkable Format|ELF]], [[DOS MZ executable|MZ]], [[Class (file format)|jvmclass]], [[LMF (file format)|LMF]], [[Linear Executable|LE and LX]], [[New Executable|NE]], [[NetWare Loadable Module|NLM-386]], [[Phar Lap (company)|PharLap]], [[Portable Executable|PE]], [[RDOFF]], [[SIS (filename)|SIS and SISX]] executable formats.
* Instruction high-lighting.
* A code navigator.
* A [[CPU]] performance utility
* A built-in 64-bit [[calculator]]
* Support for the formats: [[Advanced Systems Format|asf]], [[Audio Video Interleave|avi]], [[BMP file format|bmp]], [[jpeg]], [[.mov|mov]], [[mp3]], [[mpeg]], [[RealMedia]], [[wav]] [[multimedia]].
* Console-Input viewer
* Pattern searching in different modes: [[disassembler]], [[hexadecimal]] and binary.
* Russian [[Code page|code-page]] converter.

==See also==
*[[Hex editor]]
*[[Reverse engineering]]
*[[Comparison of hex editors|Comparison of hex-editors]]
*[[Hiew]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://beye.sourceforge.net The project's home page.]
*[https://sourceforge.net/projects/beye/files/ The project's download page.]

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[[Category:Hex editors]]

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