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'''BEYE,''' also known as '''Binary EYE, BIEW, Binary View''' 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 [[Atmel AVR|AVR]]/[[Java (software platform)|Java]]/[[x86]]-[[i386]]-[[AMD64]]/[[ARM architecture|ARM]]-[[XScale]]/[[PPC64]] disassemblers, a Russian code pages converter, and a code navigator. It can also fully preview [[DOS MZ executable|MZ]], [[New Executable|NE]], [[Portable Executable|PE]], [[NetWare Loadable Module|NLM]], [[COFF]]32, and [[Executable and Linkable Format|ELF]] formats, and partially preview [[a.out]], [[Linear Executable|LE and LX]], and [[Phar Lap (company)|Phar Lap]] formats.
 
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{{Infobox software
| name = BEYE
| logo =
| screenshot = biew ss.png
| caption = BEYE screenshot
| author = [[Nickols Kurshev]], [[Andrew Golovnia]]
| developer =
| released = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1994}}
| latest_release_version = 6.1.0
| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2009|12|12}}
| operating_system = [[Cross-platform]]
| genre = [[Utility software|Utility]]
| license = 2013: [[GPL-2.0-only]] or [[GPL-3.0-only]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/p/beye/code/138/|title=[r138] meke beye as bi-licensed project|date=2013-05-18}}</ref><br />2000: [[GPL-2.0-only]]<br />1994: [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website = {{URL|beye.sourceforge.net}}
}}
 
'''BEYE''' (short for '''Binary EYE''', also known as '''BIEW''' or '''Binary View''') is a multiplatform portable viewer designed for examining binary files. It includes a built-in editor and operates in binary, hexadecimal, and disassembler modes. Developed by Nickols Kurshev and Andrew Golovnia, BEYE utilizes native Intel syntax for disassembly.
 
Features of BEYE include disassemblers for various architectures such as AVR, Java, x86 (i386), AMD64, ARM, XScale, and PPC64. Additionally, it offers a Russian code pages converter and a code navigator. The software supports full preview of MZ, NE, PE, NLM, COFF32, and ELF formats, with partial support for a.out, LE, LX, and Phar Lap formats.
 
Initially released as proprietary software in 1994, BEYE later transitioned to open-source licensing. As of 2013, it is licensed under either GPL-2.0-only or GPL-3.0-only.
 
== See also ==
 
[[Comparison of hex editors]]
[[List of hex editors]]
== References ==
 
{{Reflist}}
 
== External links ==
 
[http://beye.sourceforge.net Official website]
 


==History==
==History==
BEYE was developed in 1994 by Nickols Kurshev<ref>{{Cite web |title=konst / Profile |url=https://sourceforge.net/u/konst/profile/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=sourceforge.net}}</ref> and Andrew Golovnia<ref>{{Cite web |title=andrew_golovnia / Profile |url=https://sourceforge.net/u/andrew_golovnia/profile/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=sourceforge.net}}</ref> under the name "View". In February of 2010 the program was renamed to BEYE, even though poll votes were mostly against its rename. BEYE's creators stated, that the previous name had some negative associations in English,<ref name="intro">{{cite web |url=http://beye.sourceforge.net/en/beye_intro.html |title=Beye introduction |accessdate=2010-02-27 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831011645/http://beye.sourceforge.net/en/beye_intro.html |archivedate=31 August 2010}}</ref> and the new one doesn't conflict with other projects.<ref name=":0">[http://sourceforge.net/p/beye/news/2010/02/project-changes-unix-name/ beye]. sourceforge.net (2010-02-14)</ref>
BEYE was developed as ''"biew"'',<ref name="intro"/><ref>The Binary vIEW (BIEW) is copyright (C) 1995 Nick Kurshev.</ref> in 1994 by Nickols "Nick"<ref name="my666.boom.ru">{{cite web |last1=Kurshev |first1=Nick |title=666 |url=http://my666.boom.ru/666_en.html |website=my666.boom.ru |access-date=13 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060409133839/http://my666.boom.ru/666_en.html |archive-date=9 April 2006 |language=en}}</ref> Kurshev,<ref>{{Cite web |title=konst / Profile |url=https://sourceforge.net/u/konst/profile/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=sourceforge.net}}</ref> inspired by qview<ref name="bttr-software/txtutil1#qview">{{cite web |title=QVIEW — Text / Hex / ASM viewer and hex editor for programmers. |url=https://www.bttr-software.de/freesoft/txtutil1.htm#qview |website=FREE SOFTWARE FOR DOS — Text Utils – 1 |publisher=www.bttr-software.de |access-date=13 June 2025}}</ref> and [[Hiew]] ,<ref name="beye/2011-07-24/news"/> and later, Andrew Golovnia,<ref>{{Cite web |title=andrew_golovnia / Profile |url=https://sourceforge.net/u/andrew_golovnia/profile/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=sourceforge.net}}</ref> and others. In February of 2010 the program was renamed to BEYE, even though poll votes were mostly against its rename.<ref name="beye/2011-07-24/news">{{cite web |last1=Kas |first1=Guru |title=beye news |url=https://beye.sourceforge.net/news.html |website=beye.sourceforge.net |access-date=13 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724073445/http://beye.sourceforge.net/news.html |archive-date=24 July 2011}}</ref> BEYE's creators stated, that the previous name had some negative associations in English,<ref name="intro">{{cite web |url=https://beye.sourceforge.net/en/beye_intro.html |title=Beye introduction |accessdate=2010-02-27 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831011645/http://beye.sourceforge.net/en/beye_intro.html |archivedate=31 August 2010}}</ref> and the new one doesn't conflict with other projects.<ref name="project-changes-unix-name">[https://sourceforge.net/p/beye/news/2010/02/project-changes-unix-name/ beye]. sourceforge.net (2010-02-14)</ref>


At that time, compilers were not able to create highly optimized executables, and CPUs were not as efficient, which caused many programmers to code in [[assembly language]]. Many countries, including Russia, had poor accessibility to the Internet, and it was problematic to find information about CPUs. Many programs produced errors, and it was too difficult to understand the source of the problems.
At that time, compilers were not able to create highly optimized executables, and CPUs were not as efficient, which caused many programmers to code in [[assembly language]]. Many countries, including Russia, had poor accessibility to the Internet, and it was problematic to find information about CPUs. Many programs produced errors, and it was too difficult to understand the source of the problems.


After spending a long time trying to understand the causes of the defects in his programs, the developers of BEYE coded their disassembler. Perhaps the needs of the creators couldn't have been covered by existing disassemblers, and so he wrote his own.
After spending a long time trying to understand the causes of the defects in his programs, the developer of BEYE coded their [[disassembler]].<ref name="intro"/> Perhaps the needs of the creator couldn't have been covered by existing disassemblers, and so he wrote his own.<ref name="intro"/>


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, Nickols and Andrew decided to release the source and publish BEYE on the Internet.  
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, Kurshev and Golovnia decided to release the source<ref name="beye_releases">{{cite web |last1=Kas |first1=Guru |title=beye releases |url=https://beye.sourceforge.net/en/beye_releases.html |website=beye.sourceforge.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724073915/http://beye.sourceforge.net/en/beye_releases.html |archive-date=24 July 2011}}</ref> and publish BEYE on the Internet.  


In 2000, the sources were published at [[SourceForge]].<ref name=":0" />
In 2000, the sources were published at [[SourceForge]].<ref name="project-changes-unix-name" />


Beye no longer works in [[Windows 11]].<ref name=":0" />
Beye no longer works in [[Windows 7]].<ref name="beye/support/2">{{cite web |author1=beye |title=#2 Biew does not work correctly in windows 7 |url=https://sourceforge.net/p/beye/support-requests/2/ |website=Support Requests |publisher=sourceforge.net |access-date=13 June 2025}}</ref>


==Features==
==Features==
BEYE's features include:<ref name="intro"/>
BEYE's features include:<ref name="intro"/>
* Built-in [[Atmel AVR|AVR]]/[[Java (software platform)|Java]]/[[x86]]-[[i386]]-[[AMD64]]/[[ARM architecture|ARM]]-[[XScale]]/[[PPC64]] disassemblers.
{{columns-list|colwidth=13em|
* Built-in [[disassembler]]s:
**[[Atmel AVR|AVR]]
**[[Java (software platform)|Java]]
**[[x86]]-[[i386]]-[[AMD64]]<ref name="beye/2011-07-24/news"/>
**[[ARM architecture|ARM]]
**[[XScale]]/[[PPC64]].
* Saving and restoring parts of files.
* 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.
* Support for executable formats:
**[[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]].
* Instruction highlighting.
* Instruction highlighting.
* A code navigator.
* A code navigator.
* A [[CPU]] performance utility.
* A [[CPU]] performance utility.
* A built-in 64-bit [[calculator]].
* 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]].
* Support for the [[multimedia]] formats:  
**[[Advanced Systems Format|ASF]]
**[[Audio Video Interleave|AVI]]
**[[BMP file format|BMP]]
**[[JPEG]], [[.mov|mov]]
**[[MP3]], [[MPEG]]
**[[RealMedia]]
**[[WAV]].
* Console-input viewer.
* Console-input viewer.
* Pattern searching in different modes: [[disassembler]], [[hexadecimal]] and binary.
* Pattern searching in different modes:  
**[[disassembler]]
**[[hexadecimal]]
**[[Binary code|binary]]
* Russian [[Code page|code-page]] converter.
* Russian [[Code page|code-page]] converter.
}}


==See also==
==See also==
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*[[Comparison of hex editors|Comparison of hex-editors]]
*[[Comparison of hex editors|Comparison of hex-editors]]
*[[Hiew]]
*[[Hiew]]
*[[ImHex]]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Official website|beye.sourceforge.net}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110724073752/http://beye.sourceforge.net/en/beye_refs.html beye references] at [[sourceforge.net]]
*{{sourceforge|beye}}
*[https://github.com/sebastianbiallas/ht The HT Editor]: A file editor/viewer/analyzer for executables
*[[sourceforge:u/konst/profile/|Nickols Kurshev's SourceForge page]]
*[<!-- https://web.archive.org/web/20161028184817/http://home.gna.org/bless/ -->https://github.com/afrantzis/bless Bless Hex Editor] in mono/Gtk# for GNU/Linux
*[[sourceforge:u/andrew_golovnia/profile/|Andrew Golovnia's SourceForge page]]


[[Category:Free editing software]]
[[Category:Free editing software]]
[[Category:Free software testing tools]]
[[Category:Free software testing tools]]
[[Category:Hex editors]]
[[Category:Hex editors]]

Latest revision as of 03:36, 1 October 2026

BEYE, also known as Binary EYE, BIEW, Binary View is a multiplatform portable viewer of binary files with a built-in editor that functions in binary, hexadecimal, and disassembler modes. It uses native Intel syntax for disassembly. Features include AVR/Java/x86-i386-AMD64/ARM-XScale/PPC64 disassemblers, a Russian code pages converter, and a code navigator. It can also fully preview MZ, NE, PE, NLM, COFF32, and ELF formats, and partially preview a.out, LE and LX, and Phar Lap formats.

History

BEYE was developed as "biew",[1][2] in 1994 by Nickols "Nick"[3] Kurshev,[4] inspired by qview[5] and Hiew ,[6] and later, Andrew Golovnia,[7] and others. In February of 2010 the program was renamed to BEYE, even though poll votes were mostly against its rename.[6] BEYE's creators stated, that the previous name had some negative associations in English,[1] and the new one doesn't conflict with other projects.[8]

At that time, compilers were not able to create highly optimized executables, and CPUs were not as efficient, which caused many programmers to code in assembly language. Many countries, including Russia, had poor accessibility to the Internet, and it was problematic to find information about CPUs. Many programs produced errors, and it was too difficult to understand the source of the problems.

After spending a long time trying to understand the causes of the defects in his programs, the developer of BEYE coded their disassembler.[1] Perhaps the needs of the creator couldn't have been covered by existing disassemblers, and so he wrote his own.[1]

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, Kurshev and Golovnia decided to release the source[9] and publish BEYE on the Internet.

In 2000, the sources were published at SourceForge.[8]

Beye no longer works in Windows 7.[10]

Features

BEYE's features include:[1] Template:Columns-list

See also

Notes

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Beye introduction". Archived from the original on 31 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100831011645/http://beye.sourceforge.net/en/beye_intro.html. Retrieved on 2010-02-27. 
  2. ↑ The Binary vIEW (BIEW) is copyright (C) 1995 Nick Kurshev.
  3. ↑ Kurshev, Nick. "666" (in en). http://my666.boom.ru/666_en.html. 
  4. ↑ "konst / Profile". https://sourceforge.net/u/konst/profile/. 
  5. ↑ "QVIEW — Text / Hex / ASM viewer and hex editor for programmers.". www.bttr-software.de. https://www.bttr-software.de/freesoft/txtutil1.htm#qview. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kas, Guru. "beye news". https://beye.sourceforge.net/news.html. 
  7. ↑ "andrew_golovnia / Profile". https://sourceforge.net/u/andrew_golovnia/profile/. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 beye. sourceforge.net (2010-02-14)
  9. ↑ Kas, Guru. "beye releases". https://beye.sourceforge.net/en/beye_releases.html. 
  10. ↑ "#2 Biew does not work correctly in windows 7". sourceforge.net. https://sourceforge.net/p/beye/support-requests/2/. 
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