Bit View — ImHex Plugin

A plugin for ImHex that visualizes binary data as a grid of colored cells — one cell per bit.

Features

• Bit grid visualization — each bit rendered as a colored rectangle
• Virtual scrolling — only visible bits are read and rendered, handles files of any size (tested with 20 GB+)
• Keyboard navigation — arrow keys to move the cursor through bits, with edge-scrolling
• Selection — shift+arrow keys or mouse drag to select ranges of bits; Escape to collapse or clear
• Configurable display — pixel size, bit colors, MSB/LSB bit order
• Flexible row width — fit to window width, or set manually with math expressions (1024 * 8)
• Hex Editor sync — click a bit to select the byte in the Hex Editor; selecting in the Hex Editor scrolls and highlights in the Bit Viewer

Installation

From GitHub Releases

1. Download bit_view-linux-x86_64.hexplug or bit_view-windows-x86_64.hexplug from Releases
2. Copy the .hexplug file to your ImHex plugins directory:
   • Linux: ~/.local/share/imhex/plugins/
   • Windows: %LocalAppData%/imhex/plugins/
   • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/imhex/plugins/
3. Restart ImHex
4. Open View → Bit Viewer

Building from source

Prerequisites

All dependencies required to build ImHex itself. See ImHex INSTALL.md for your platform.

Build

git clone --recursive https://github.com/andreymlv/ImHex-Plugin-Bit-View.git
cd ImHex-Plugin-Bit-View
cmake -B build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build --target bit_view -j$(nproc)

The plugin is at build/bit_view.hexplug. Copy it to your ImHex plugins directory.

Updating ImHex version

The plugin is built against a specific ImHex version (pinned as a git submodule). To update:

cd ImHex
git fetch --tags
git checkout v1.XX.X   # desired version
cd ..
# Update IMHEX_VERSION in CMakeLists.txt to match

Compatibility

Built for ImHex v1.38.1. Plugin ABI may change between ImHex versions — use the matching version.

License

GPLv2 — see LICENSE.md