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ImHex Database

This repository serves as a database for files to use with the ImHex Hex Editor. It currently contains

Patterns - Binary Format definitions for the Pattern Language
Pattern Libraries - Libraries that make using the Pattern Language easier
Magic Files - Custom magic file definitions for the use with libmagic
Encodings - Custom encodings in the .tbl format
Data Processor Nodes - Custom nodes made for ImHex's Data Processor
Themes - Custom themes for ImHex
Constants - Constants definition files
Scripts - Various scripts to generate code or automate some tasks
Yara - Custom Yara rules

Submissions

Most files in this repository have been submitted by the community. Please feel free to open a PR on your own and add files to it! Everything will immediately show up in ImHex's Content Store and gets bundled with the next release of ImHex.

Hex Patterns

Name	MIME	Path	Description
3DS		`patterns/3ds.hexpat`	Autodesk 3DS Max Model file
7Z		`patterns/7z.hexpat`	7z File Format
ADTS		`patterns/adts.hexpat`	ADTS/AAC audio files
AFE2		`patterns/afe2.hexpat`	Nintendo Switch Atmosphère CFW Fatal Error log
ANI	`application/x-navi-animation`	`patterns/ani.hexpat`	Windows Animated Cursor file
AR	`application/x-archive`	`patterns/ar.hexpat`	Static library archive files
ARC		[`patterns/arc.hexpat`(patterns/arc.hexpat)	Minecraft Legacy Console Edition ARC files
ARIA2		`patterns/aria2.hexpat`	ARIA2 Download Manager Control files
ARM VTOR		`patterns/arm_cm_vtor.hexpat`	ARM Cortex M Vector Table Layout
Bastion		`patterns/bastion/*`	Various Bastion files
Bencode	`application/x-bittorrent`	`patterns/bencode.hexpat`	Bencode encoding, used by Torrent files
Prusa BGCODE		`patterns/bgcode.hexpat`	PrusaSlicer Binary G-Code files
BLEND		`patterns/blend.hexpat`	Blender Project file
BMP	`image/bmp`	`patterns/bmp.hexpat`	OS2/Windows Bitmap files
BIN		`patterns/selinux.hexpat`	SE Linux modules
BSON	`application/bson`	`patterns/bson.hexpat`	BSON (Binary JSON) format
bplist		`patterns/bplist.hexpat`	Apple's binary property list format (bplist)
BSP		`patterns/bsp_goldsrc.hexpat`	GoldSrc engine maps format (used in Half-Life 1)
CCHVA		`patterns/cchva.hexpat`	Command and Conquer Voxel Animation
CCVXL		`patterns/ccvxl.hexpat`	Command and Conquer Voxel Model
CCPAL		`patterns/ccpal.hexpat`	Command and Conquer Voxel Palette
CDA		`patterns/cda.hexpat`	Compact Disc Audio track
CHM		`patterns/chm.hexpat`	Windows HtmlHelp Data (ITSF / CHM)
COFF	`application/x-coff`	`patterns/coff.hexpat`	Common Object File Format (COFF) executable
CPIO	`application/x-cpio`	`patterns/cpio.hexpat`	Old Binary CPIO Format
CrashLvl		`patterns/Crashlvl.hexpat`	Crash Bandicoot - Back in Time (fan game) User created level format
DDS	`image/vnd-ms.dds`	`patterns/dds.hexpat`	DirectDraw Surface
DEX		`patterns/dex.hexpat`	Dalvik EXecutable Format
DICOM	`application/dicom`	`patterns/dicom.hexpat`	DICOM image format
DMG		`patterns/dmg.hexpat`	Apple Disk Image Trailer (DMG)
DS_Store		`patterns/dsstore.hexpat`	.DS_Store file format
DTA		`patterns/max_v104.hexpat`	Mechanized Assault and Exploration v1.04 (strategy game) save file format
DTED		`patterns/dted.hexpat`	Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED)
ELF	`application/x-executable`	`patterns/elf.hexpat`	ELF header in elf binaries
EVTX		`patterns/evtx.hexpat`	MS Windows Vista Event Log
EXT4		`patterns/ext4.hexpat`	Ext4 filesystem
FAS		`patterns/fas_oskasoftware.hexpat` `patterns/fas_oskasoftware_old.hexpat` (Old versions of Oska DeskMate)	Oska Software DeskMates FAS (Frames and Sequences) file
FBX		`patterns/fbx.hexpat`	Kaydara FBX Binary
FDT		`patterns/fdt.hexpat`	Flat Linux Device Tree blob
FFX		`patterns/ffx/*`	Various Final Fantasy X files
File System		`patterns/fs.hexpat`	Drive File System
FLAC	`audio/flac`	`patterns/flac.hexpat`	Free Lossless Audio Codec, FLAC Audio Format
Flipper Zero Settings		`patterns/flipper_settings.hexpat`	Flipper Zero Settings Files
GB	`application/x-gameboy-rom`	`patterns/gb.hexpat`	Gameboy ROM
GGUF		`patterns/gguf.hexpat`	GGML Inference Models
GIF	`image/gif`	`patterns/gif.hexpat`	GIF image files
GLTF	`model/gltf-binary`	`patterns/gltf.hexpat`	GL Transmission Format binary 3D model file
GZIP	`application/gzip`	`patterns/gzip.hexpat`	GZip compressed data format
Halo Tag		`patterns/hinf_tag.hexpat`	Halo Infinite Tag Files
Halo Module		`patterns/hinf_module.hexpat`	Halo Infinite Module Archive Files
Halo HavokScript		`patterns/hinf_luas.hexpat`	Halo Infinite HavokScript 5.1 Bytecode
HSDT		`patterns/hsdt.hexpat`	HiSilicon device-tree table images
ICO		`patterns/ico.hexpat`	Icon (.ico) or Cursor (.cur) files
ID3	`audio/mpeg`	`patterns/id3.hexpat`	ID3 tags in MP3 files
Intel HEX		`patterns/intel_hex.hexpat`	Intel hexadecimal object file format definition
IP		`patterns/ip.hexpat`	Ethernet II Frames (IP Packets)
IPS		`patterns/ips.hexpat`	IPS (International Patching System) files
ISO		`patterns/iso.hexpat`	ISO 9660 file system
Java Class	`application/x-java-applet`	`patterns/java_class.hexpat`	Java Class files
JPEG	`image/jpeg`	`patterns/jpeg.hexpat`	JPEG Image Format
LOC		`patterns/loc.hexpat`	Minecraft Legacy Console Edition Language file
Lua 5.1		`patterns/lua51.hexpat`	Lua 5.1 bytecode
Lua 5.2		`patterns/lua52.hexpat`	Lua 5.2 bytecode
Lua 5.3		`patterns/lua53.hexpat`	Lua 5.3 bytecode
Lua 5.4		`patterns/lua54.hexpat`	Lua 5.4 bytecode
LCE Savefile		`patterns/lcesave.hexpat`	Minecraft Legacy Console Edition save file
LZNT1		`patterns/lznt1.hexpat`	LZNT1 compressed data format
Mach-O	`application/x-mach-binary`	`patterns/macho.hexpat`	Mach-O executable
MIDI	`audio/midi`	`patterns/midi.hexpat`	MIDI header, event fields provided
MiniDump	`application/x-dmp`	`patterns/minidump.hexpat`	Windows MiniDump files
mp4	`video/mp4`	`patterns/mp4.hexpat`	MPEG-4 Part 14 digital multimedia container format
msgpack	`application/x-msgpack`	`patterns/msgpack.hexpat`	MessagePack binary serialization format
NACP		`patterns/nacp.hexpat`	Nintendo Switch NACP files
NBT		`patterns/nbt.hexpat`	Minecraft NBT format
NE		`patterns/ne.hexpat`	NE header and Standard NE fields
nes		`patterns/nes.hexpat`	.nes file format
NotepadCache		`patterns/notepad-cache.hexpat`	Windows Notepad Cache
NotepadWindowState		`patterns/notepadwindowstate.hexpat`	Windows 11 Notepad - Window State .bin file
NRO		`patterns/nro.hexpat`	Nintendo Switch NRO files
NTAG		`patterns/ntag.hexpat`	NTAG213/NTAG215/NTAG216, NFC Forum Type 2 Tag compliant IC
OGG	`audio/ogg`	`patterns/ogg.hexpat`	OGG Audio format
PAK		`patterns/xgspak.hexpat`	Exient XGS Engine Pak files
PCAP	`application/vnd.tcpdump.pcap`	`patterns/pcap.hexpat`	pcap header and packets
PCK		`patterns/pck.hexpat`	Minecraft Legacy Console Edition .pck file
PCX	`application/x-pcx`	`patterns/pcx.hexpat`	PCX Image format
PE	`application/x-dosexec` `application/x-msdownload`	`patterns/pe.hexpat`	PE header, COFF header, Standard COFF fields and Windows Specific fields
PP		`patterns/selinuxpp.hexpat`	SE Linux package
PFS0		`patterns/pfs0.hexpat`	Nintendo Switch PFS0 archive (NSP files)
PIF	`image/pif`	`patterns/pif.hexpat`	PIF Image Format
PKM		`patterns/pkm.hexpat`	PKM texture format
PNG	`image/png`	`patterns/png.hexpat`	PNG image files
PRODINFO		`patterns/prodinfo.hexpat`	Nintendo Switch PRODINFO
Protobuf		`patterns/protobuf.hexpat`	Google Protobuf encoding
psafe3		`patterns/psafe3.hexpat`	Password Safe V3
PyInstaller		`patterns/pyinstaller.hexpat`	PyInstaller binray files
PYC		`patterns/pyc.hexpat`	Python bytecode files
QBCL		`patterns/qbcl.hexpat`	Qubicle voxel scene project file
QOI	`image/qoi`	`patterns/qoi.hexpat`	QOI image files
quantized-mesh		`patterns/quantized-mesh.hexpat`	Cesium quantized-mesh terrain
RAS	`image/x-sun-raster`	`patterns/ras.hexpat`	RAS image files
ReFS		`patterns/refs.hexpat`	Microsoft Resilient File System
RGBDS		`patterns/rgbds.hexpat`	RGBDS object file format
Shell Link	`application/x-ms-shortcut`	`patterns/lnk.hexpat`	Windows Shell Link file format
shp		`patterns/shp.hexpat`	ESRI shape file
shx		`patterns/shx.hexpat`	ESRI index file
SPIRV		`patterns/spirv.hexpat`	SPIR-V header and instructions
STL	`model/stl`	`patterns/stl.hexpat`	STL 3D Model format
StuffItV5	`application/x-stuffit`	`patterns/sit5.hexpat`	StuffIt V5 archive
SWF		`patterns/swf.hexpat`	Shockwave Flash file format
TAR	`application/x-tar`	`patterns/tar.hexpat`	Tar file format
TES		`patterns/wintec_tes.hexpat`	Wintec TES GPS log
TIFF	`image/tiff`	`patterns/tiff.hexpat`	Tag Image File Format
TGA	`image/tga`	`patterns/tga.hexpat`	Truevision TGA/TARGA image
TTF	`font/ttf`, `font/otf`	`patterns/ttf.hexpat`	TrueType and OpenType font format
Ubiquiti		`patterns/ubiquiti.hexpat`	Ubiquiti Firmware (update) image
UEFI		`patterns/uefi.hexpat``	UEFI structs for parsing efivars
UEFI Boot Entry		`patterns/uefi_boot_entry.hexpat`	UEFI Boot Entry (Load option)
UF2		`patterns/uf2.hexpat`	USB Flashing Format
VBMeta		`patterns/vbmeta.hexpat`	Android VBMeta image
VDF		`patterns/vdf.hexpat`	Binary Value Data Format (.vdf) files
VGM		`patterns/vgm.hexpat`	VGM (Video Game Music) sound log
VHDX		`patterns/vhdx.hexpat`	Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk format
WAV	`audio/x-wav`	`patterns/wav.hexpat`	RIFF header, WAVE header, PCM header
WAS		`patterns\was_oskasoftware.hexpat`	Oska Software DeskMates WAS/WA3 (WAVE/MP3 Set) file
WAD		`patterns/wad.hexpat`	DOOM WAD Archive
WebP	`image/webp`	`patterns/webp.hexpat`	Google WebP image
XBEH	`audio/x-xbox-executable`	`patterns/xbeh.hexpat`	Xbox executable
XCI		`patterns/xci.hexpat`	Nintendo Switch XCI cartridge ROM
XGT		`patterns/xgt.hexpat`	Exient XGS Engine Texture
Xilinx BIT		`patterns/xilinx_bit.hexpat`	Xilinx FPGA Bitstreams
Xilinx Bootgen		`patterns/xilinx_bootgen.hexpat`	Xilinx ZynqMP Boot Images
ZIP	`application/zip`	`patterns/zip.hexpat`	End of Central Directory Header, Central Directory File Headers
ZLIB	`application/zlib`	`patterns/zlib.hexpat`	ZLIB compressed data format
ZSTD	`application/zstd`	`patterns/zstd.hexpat`	Zstandard compressed data format

Scripts

Name	Path	Description
svd2pat	`scripts/svd2pat.py`	Converts a ARM .svd register MMIO definition file into a pattern
csv2tbl	`scripts/csv2tbl.py`	Converts a 010 editor CSV encoding file into a table file

Pattern Libraries

Name	Path	Description
libhex	`includes/hex/*`	Functions to interact with ImHex
libstd	`includes/std/*`	Pattern Language Standard Library
libtype	`includes/type/*`	Various custom types with special formatters

Yara rules

Name	Path	Description
Official Rules	`yara/official_rules/*`	Official Yara rules repository

Magic files

Name	Path	Description
Nintendo Switch	`magic/nintendo_switch_magic`	Identifies common file types used on the Nintendo Switch
Portable Executable	`magic/portable_executable_magic`	Identifies PE files used on Windows

Constants files

Name	Path	Description
CRC-16	`constants/crc16.json`	Constants associated with CRC-16 operations
CRC-32	`constants/crc32.json`	Constants associated with CRC-32 operations
HTTP-Codes	`constants/http_status.json`	HTTP Status code values
Linux Error Codes	`constants/linux_errors.json`	Values of Linux error results

Encoding files

Name	Path	Description
Arabic ISO	`encodings/arabic_iso.tbl`	Arabic ISO encoding
Arabic Windows	`encodings/arabic_windows.tbl`	Arabic Windows encoding
ASCII	`encodings/ascii.tbl`	Regular ASCII encoding
ASCII+ANSI	`encodings/ascii_ansi.tbl`	Extended ASCII encoding
ASCII+OEM	`encodings/ascii_oem.tbl`	ASCII encoding with Windows OEM characters
Baltic ISO	`encodings/baltic_iso.tbl`	Baltic ISO encoding
Baltic Windows	`encodings/baltic_windows.tbl`	Baltic Windows encoding
Big5 (Traditional Chinese)	`encodings/big5.tbl`	Big5 encoding for Traditional Chinese
Cyrillic ISO	`encodings/cyrillic_iso.tbl`	Cyrillic ISO encoding
Cyrillic Windows	`encodings/cyrillic_windows.tbl`	Cyrillic Windows encoding
Cyrillic KOI8-R	`encodings/cyrillic_koi8_r.tbl`	Cyrillic KOI8-R encoding (Russian Characters)
Cyrillic KOI8-U	`encodings/cyrillic_koi8_u.tbl`	Cyrillic KOI8-U encoding (Ukranian Characters)
Eastern Europe ISO	`encodings/eastern_europe_iso.tbl`	Eastern Europe ISO encoding
Eastern Europe Windows	`encodings/eastern_europe_windows.tbl`	Eastern Europe Windows encoding
EBCDIC	`encodings/ebcdic.tbl`	Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code, developed by IBM for their Main Frames
EUC-JP	`encodings/euc_jp.tbl`	EUC-JP encoding with NEC special and IBM extended characters
EUC-KR	`encodings/euc_kr.tbl`	EUC-KR encoding
Greek ISO	`encodings/greek_iso.tbl`	Greek ISO encoding
Greek Windows	`encodings/greek_windows.tbl`	Greek Windows encoding
Hebrew ISO	`encodings/hebrew_iso.tbl`	Hebrew ISO encoding
Hebrew Windows	`encodings/hebrew_windows.tbl`	Hebrew Windows encoding
ISO/IEC 646	`encodings/iso_646.tbl`	ISO/IEC 646 encoding, an older version of ASCII
ISO/IEC 6937	`encodings/iso_6937.tbl`	ISO/IEC 6937 encoding, an extension of ASCII containing additional character
JIS 0201	`encodings/jis_x_0201.tbl`	JIS X 0201 encoding in UTF-8
JIS X 0211	`encodings/jis_x_0211.tbl`	JIS X 0211 encoding in UTF-8
JIS 0213	`encodings/jis_x_0213.tbl`	JIS X 0213 encoding in UTF-8
Macintosh	`encodings/macintosh.tbl`	Macintosh character encoding used by the Kermit protocol
Pokémon (English, Generation 1)	`encodings/pokegen1_en.tbl`	Character encoding used by the English generation 1 Pokémon games
Pokémon (English, Generation 3)	`encodings/pokegen3_en.tbl`	Character encoding used by the English generation 3 Pokémon games
Shift-JIS UTF-8	`encodings/shiftjis.tbl`	Shift-JIS encoding in UTF-8
Thai	`encodings/thai.tbl`	Thai character encoding
Turkish ISO	`encodings/turkish_iso.tbl`	Turkish ISO encoding
Turkish Windows	`encodings/turkish_windows.tbl`	Turkish Windows encoding
UTF-8	`encodings/utf8.tbl`	UTF-8 encoding
Vietnamese	`encodings/vietnamese.tbl`	Vietnamese character encoding

Data Processor Nodes

Name	Path	Description
Caesar Cipher	`nodes/caesar.hexnode`	Simple adjustable per-byte Caecar Cipher (ROT)
XOR Cipher	`nodes/xor.hexnode`	XORs a input with a repeating XOR pad

Themes

Name	Path	Description
Visual Studio Dark	`themes/vs_dark.json`	Theme similar to Visual Studio's Dark theme
Solarized Dark	`themes/solarized_dark.json`	Solarized Dark Theme
Catppuccin Latte	`themes/catppuccin-latte.json`	Catppuccin Latte Flavor (Light Theme)
Catppuccin Frappe	`themes/catppuccin-frappe.json`	Catppuccin Frappe Flavor (Dark Theme)
Catppuccin Macchiato	`themes/catppuccin-macchiato.json`	Catppuccin Macchiato Flavor (Dark Theme)
Catppuccin Mocha	`themes/catppuccin-mocha.json`	Catppuccin Mocha Flavor (Dark Theme)