Get Started with the Binary Internals Desktop Viewer - Binary Internals

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The Binary Internals Desktop Viewer is a self-contained Swing application that parses binary files and presents their structure as an interactive tree. This page walks you through downloading the JAR from GitHub Releases, launching it, opening your first file, and navigating the three-panel layout.

Recent Files

The File → Recent Files submenu keeps track of the last 10 files you opened in the current session. Click any entry to reopen that file without navigating the file chooser again.

Menu item	Shortcut	Description
File → Open…	Ctrl/Cmd + O	Open the file chooser dialog
File → Close	—	Close the current file
File → Recent Files	—	Reopen one of the last 10 files
File → Exit	Ctrl/Cmd + E	Quit the application
Help → Homepage	—	Open the project page in your browser
Help → Plug-ins	—	List the loaded format plug-ins
Help → Icons	—	Show the icon legend used in the tree
Help → About	—	Display version information