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.

Table of Contents

Hex Patterns

Name	MIME	Path	Description
3DS		patterns/3ds.hexpat	Autodesk 3DS Max Model file
7Z		patterns/7z.hexpat	7z File Format
ADTFDAT		patterns/adtfdat.hexpat	ADTFDAT files
ADTS	audio/x-hx-aac-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
AppleSingle	application/applefile	patterns/apple_single_double.hexpat	AppleSingle Dual Fork file
AppleDouble	multipart/appledouble	patterns/apple_single_double.hexpat	AppleDouble Resource Fork/Finder Metadata file
AR	application/x-archive	patterns/ar.hexpat	Static library archive files
ARC		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
BeyondCompare BCSS		patterns/bcss.hexpat	BeyondCompare Snapshot (BCSS) file
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
BINKA		patterns/binka.hexpat	RAD Game Tools Bink Audio (BINKA) files
BSON	application/bson	patterns/bson.hexpat	BSON (Binary JSON) format
bplist	application/x-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)
BZIP3		patterns/bzip3.hexpat	Parses BZip3 compression (file format) by Kamila Szewczyk
CAB		patterns/cab.hexpat	Microsoft Cabinet (CAB) Files
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
CHD		patterns/chd.hexpat	MAME Compressed Hunks of Data file
CHM	application/vnd.ms-htmlhelp	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
CREDHIST		patterns/credhist.hexpat	CREDHIST 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)
DMP		patterns/dmp64.hexpat	Windows Kernel Dump(DMP64)
DOTNET_BinaryFormatter		patterns/dotnet_binaryformatter.hexpat	.NET BinaryFormatter
DPAPI_Blob		patterns/dpapblob.hexpat	Data protection API Blob File Format
DPAPI_MasterKey		patterns/dpapimasterkey.hexpat	Data protection API MasterKey
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
ESP32 Image		patterns/esp32_image.hexpat	Firmware image format for the ESP32 chip family
EVTX	application/x-ms-evtx	patterns/evtx.hexpat	MS Windows Vista Event Log
EXFAT		patterns/fs/exfat.hexpat	Extensible File Allocation Table (exFAT)
EXT4		patterns/fs/ext4.hexpat	Ext4 File System
FAS		patterns/fas_oskasoftware.hexpat patterns/fas_oskasoftware_old.hexpat (Old versions of Oska DeskMate)	Oska Software DeskMates FAS (Frames and Sequences) file
FAT32		patterns/fs/fat32.hexpat	FAT32 File System
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	application/x-ima	patterns/fs/pattern.hexpat	Drive File System
FLAC	audio/flac	patterns/flac.hexpat	Free Lossless Audio Codec, FLAC Audio Format
FLC/FLIC		patterns/flc.hexpat	FLC/FLIC animation file
FLV		patterns/flv.hexpat	FLv animation file
Flipper Zero Settings		patterns/flipper_settings.hexpat	Flipper Zero Settings Files
GB	application/x-gameboy-rom	patterns/gb.hexpat	Game Boy ROM
GBA	application/x-gameboy-advance-rom	patterns/gba.hexpat	Game Boy Advance ROM header
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
HPROF		patterns/hprof.hexpat	Java HPROF Profiler Data Format
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
IM*H		patterns/imah.hexpat	DJI Signed Firmware (IM*H)
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	application/x-iso9660-image	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
MO		patterns/mo.hexpat	GNU Machine Object (MO) files containing translations for gettext
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
MSSCMP		patterns/msscmp.hexpat	Miles Sound System Compressed Archive
NACP		patterns/nacp.hexpat	Nintendo Switch NACP files
NBT		patterns/nbt.hexpat	Minecraft NBT format
NDS	application/x-nintendo-ds-rom	patterns/nds.hexpat	DS Cartridge Header
NE	application/x-ms-ne-executable	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
NTFS		patterns/fs/ntfs.hexpat	NTFS (NT File System)
OGG	audio/ogg	patterns/ogg.hexpat	OGG Audio format
ORP / ORS		patterns/orp.hexpat	OpenRGB profile format
PACK		patterns/roblox_pack.hexpat	Roblox shader archive format
PAK		patterns/xgspak.hexpat	Exient XGS Engine Pak files
PCAP	application/vnd.tcpdump.pcap	patterns/pcap.hexpat	pcap header and packets
PcapNG	application/vnd.tcpdump.pcap	patterns/pcapng.hexpat	pcapng 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
PEF		patterns/pef.hexpat	Preffered Executable Format executable (for Mac OS 7.1.2 - Mac OS 10.4 / BeOS)
PEX		patterns/pex.hexpat	Bethesda Papyrus executable compiled script file
PP		patterns/selinuxpp.hexpat	SE Linux package
PFS0		patterns/pfs0.hexpat	Nintendo Switch PFS0 archive (NSP files)
PF		patterns/pf.hexpat	Microsoft uncompressed prefetch files (.pf)
Pickle		patterns/pickle.hexpat	Python Pickle Protocol
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	application/x-bytecode.python	patterns/pyc.hexpat	Python bytecode files
QBCL		patterns/qbcl.hexpat	Qubicle voxel scene project file
QOI	image/qoi	patterns/qoi.hexpat	QOI image files
Quake 3 engine demo		patterns/q3demo.hexpat	Demos/replays of most Quake 3 engine games
quantized-mesh		patterns/quantized-mesh.hexpat	Cesium quantized-mesh terrain
RAR	application/x-rar	patterns/rar.hexpat	RAR archive file format
RAS	image/x-sun-raster	patterns/ras.hexpat	RAS image files
RCF 1.2		patterns/rcf_v1_2.hexpat	Radcore Cement Library 1.2 file header
ReFS		patterns/refs.hexpat	Microsoft Resilient File System
RGBDS		patterns/rgbds.hexpat	RGBDS object file format
RPM		patterns/rpm.hexpat	RPM package file format
SDB		patterns/sdb.hexpat	Shim DataBase file format
Shell Link	application/x-ms-shortcut	patterns/lnk.hexpat	Windows Shell Link file format
shp		patterns/shp.hexpat	ESRI shape file
SHR		patterns/SHR.hexpat	Apple IIgs Super Hi-Res (SHR) + PaintWorks Animation (ANI)
shx		patterns/shx.hexpat	ESRI index file
smk		patterns/smk.hexpat	Smacker video file
sup		patterns/sup.hexpat	PGS Subtitle
SPIRV		patterns/spirv.hexpat	SPIR-V header and instructions
STDF		patterns/stdfv4.hexpat	Standard test data format for IC testers
STL	model/stl	patterns/stl.hexpat	STL 3D Model format
StuffItV5	application/x-stuffit	patterns/sit5.hexpat	StuffIt V5 archive
SQLite3	application/vnd.sqlite3	patterns/sqlite3.hexpat	SQLite3 Database
SWF	application/x-shockwave-flash	patterns/swf.hexpat	Shockwave Flash file format
TA		patterns/optee_ta.hexpat	OPTEE Trusted Application Executable
TAR	application/x-tar	patterns/tar.hexpat	Tar file format
TARC		patterns/tarc.hexpat	KEX Engine TARC file format
TES		patterns/wintec_tes.hexpat	Wintec TES GPS log
Thumbcache		patterns/thumbcache.hexpat	Windows thumbcache_*.db
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
UPK		patterns/upk-ue3.hexpat	Unreal Engine 3 UPK file
UEFI		patterns/uefi.hexpat`	UEFI structs for parsing efivars
UEFI Boot Entry		patterns/uefi_boot_entry.hexpat	UEFI Boot Entry (Load option)
UEFI Variable Store		patterns/uefi_fv_varstore.hexpat	UEFI Firmware Volume Variable Store
UF2		patterns/uf2.hexpat	USB Flashing Format
Valve VPK		patterns/valve_vpk.hexpat	Valve Package File
VBMeta		patterns/vbmeta.hexpat	Android VBMeta image
VDF		patterns/vdf.hexpat	Binary Value Data Format (.vdf) files
VEADO		patterns/veado.hexpat	veadotube mini avatar file
VGM		patterns/vgm.hexpat	VGM (Video Game Music) sound log
VHDX		patterns/vhdx.hexpat	Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk format
VOX		patterns/vox.hexpat	MagicaVoxel scene description 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	application/x-xilinx-boot-zynqmp	patterns/xilinx_bootgen.hexpat	Xilinx ZynqMP Boot Images
ZIM		patterns/zim.hexpat	ZIM file format
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
MOD	3d-model/mod	patterns/DMC3HD-Mod.hexpat	3D Model files used in Devil May Cry 3 HD Collection
CBM BASIC		commodore_basic.hexpat	Commodore BASIC
Terminfo	application/x-terminfo and application/x-terminfo2	patterns/terminfo.hexpat	Compiled (legacy and extended) term info entry

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)
Theme Lion	themes/theme_lion.json	Semantic CLion inspired theme (Dark Theme)
Retina Dark	themes/retina_dark.json	Semantic theme based on Dark Theme

Disassemblers

Name	Path	Description
8051	disassemblers/8051.json	Intel 8051 Architecture