This release is identical to v1.36.1 except that it fixes a crash on startup when ImHex is launched for the first time.

Improvements

After an update, all items that were downloaded from the content store are now being updated as well
The command palette can now be closed by clicking on the menu bar

Bug Fixes

Fixed various issues with shortcuts not working
- Updating to this version will force-reset all shortcuts you customized back to their default to clear this issue
- This will only be done once. You may customize your shortcuts again afterwards
Fixed an issue that caused the CTRL key to sometimes get stuck on Keyboard layouts that mapped ALT GR to CTRL + ALT
- This was most noticeable when writing patterns in the pattern editor
Fixed highlighting in interactive tutorials not working correctly anymore
Fixed saving files from the web version not working correctly
Fixed achievements in the web version not being saved correctly
Fixed a crash that would occur when disassembling bytes
Fixed occasional crashes when resizing the window
Fixed description of the "--reset-settings" subcommand
Fixed some rendering issues with the description text editor in bookmarks

Added a loop node to the data processor
- This should allow for much more complex data processing
Added support for enumerating system fonts on Linux. Thanks to @ColinKinloch
The pattern hover tooltip of the hex editor now shows the offset to its parent
Massive improvements to the Pattern Editor. Huge thanks to @paxcut
- The editor works much more like other editors
- There's way too many improvements to list them all. Just try it out yourself!
Added a quarter precision option to the IEEE 754 tool
Added customizable segment separators to the hex editor view
Added annotations to the data information view where big entropy dips or spikes are detected
Added an export option to the disassembler view. Thanks to @BioTheWolff
Added "Disassemble selection" option to the Edit menu
Added Image base address and Image load address options to the disassembler
Added option to paste strings into the hex editor view

Improved and modernized the look and feel of various views
Demangling now works correctly with identifiers that do not start with an underscore
The data processor now runs in the background so it doesn't freeze up the UI anymore
The table in the diff view is now resizable
When clicking on a diff in the diff view, the same region is now being selected in the main hex editor view
Hovering over patterns in the hex editor should not tank the frame rate anymore in some cases
Pattern descriptions are now being displayed in the accept pattern popup
stderr is not being completely suppressed anymore now
Inline visualizers may now be used in custom data inspector rows
Improved 3D visualizer error handling
Improved naming and shortcut display for various menu items
Command palette results (such as the calculator) may now be clicked to move their result back into the palette input
Updated ImGui to latest version

ImHex won't try to connect to the API anymore on startup now if server contact is disabled
The log is no longer being spammed with error messages now if an invalid data region is being viewed in a process data provider
Fixed 3D visualizer textures not being rendered correctly
Fixed issues when hashing large data regions
Fixed multiple race conditions that could crash ImHex while patterns were being sorted
Achievements should no longer reset now after a restart
Fixed issue where CRC64 parameters in the hash view were limited to 32 bit
Fixed issues with shortcuts using CTRL instead of CMD on macOS
Fixed inserting bytes at the start of the file using insert mode not working correctly

Added various new built-in types
- Types such as hex::type::Json for decoding json strings or hex::type::Instruction for disassembling bytes.
Added option to import existing patterns into other patterns.
- You can for example use import * from elf as ELF; and then place the ELF type anywhere you want to decode ELF data there.
Added lz4 decompression support
Added reinterpret-expressions in the form of pattern as OtherType.
- If both sides have the same size, this will interpret the bits of patterns as a OtherType type
Added functions to change the pattern color palette and reset the current palette progress
Processing patterns after evaluation has finished should be much quicker now
The bitmap visualizer can now handle indexed colormaps. Thanks to @paxcut
Added [[fixed_size]] attribute to set the minimum size of a type to a fixed value or throw an error if the type gets larger than this
Enums are no longer evaluated on every use
Added user-defined literals in the form of 123_literal or "Test"_literal(1, 2, 3)
Added a IMPORTED macro that's defined when a file is being imported by another
Various preprocessor and lexer improvements. Thanks to @paxcut

Note

Ubuntu 22.04 support has been dropped in favor of 24.04 and 24.10. Please use the AppImage or Flatpak if you're still on a older version
Support for Fedora 39 has been dropped in favor of Fedora 41. Please use the AppImage or Flatpak if you're still on a older version
The macOS builds require macOS 13.0 now at least since GitHub retired their old macOS 12.0 runners. Please update your machine to the latest macOS version to keep using ImHex or compile it yourself from sources.

If you like my work, please consider supporting me on GitHub Sponsors, Patreon or PayPal. Thanks a lot!