# Hachoir

> Hachoir is a Python library for viewing and editing binary streams as trees of fields, down to individual bits. Its command-line tools can search binary files for text, extract or remove metadata, and display file contents in text mode.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Binary
- Category: Binary analysis libraries
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/vstinner/hachoir>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/vstinner/hachoir/blob/685b2986dee5ea53b450636cddfd0217cfde080c/README.rst>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hachoir/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hachoir/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/hachoir/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Requires Python 3.7 or newer.
- Licensed under GNU GPL v2.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/vstinner/hachoir/blob/685b2986dee5ea53b450636cddfd0217cfde080c/README.rst>

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