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An open, cross-platform recreation of the Visual Basic 6 IDE. Alpha.
⚠️ HexIDE opens and runs real VB6 projects, and a save now gives back the file it read:
all 22 designer files VB6 itself ships survive a save byte for byte, and a form HexIDE
cannot give back opens read-only rather than being quietly rewritten. Keep a backup anyway:
that measure is Microsoft's own templates, not your project.
What a save changes
What's new: CHANGELOG.md
Which download?
- Windows x64:
hexide-windows-amd64-setup.exe— installs for all users; includes .NET. hexide-<platform>-selfcontained.*— portable archive; includes .NET.hexide-<platform>.*— smaller, but needs the .NET 10 Runtime installed.
Download and run instructions, including Linux extraction and launch steps.
Nothing here is signed or notarised.
Windows shows a SmartScreen warning: More info → Run anyway.
macOS — extract in Terminal with tar -xzf <file>.tar.gz. Unpacking with Finder
instead applies a quarantine flag that an unsigned app cannot clear.
Linux self-contained still needs native libraries, including the distro's libX11, libICE, libSM, fontconfig and ICU.