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Detect It Easy

Advanced file analyzer.

Completely free
Windows, macOS and Linux
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: MIT — Open source (permissive)confirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms), Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows, macOS and LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub, Unspecified source · macOS: Unspecified source · Windows: Unspecified source, Winget
Publisher: horsicq
Latest version: 3.21 (22 April 2026)
Latest activity: 6 November 2026
Source code: github.com/horsicq/DIE-engine

At a glance

All of Detect It Easy is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
No account needed
Commercial use allowed

About

Detect It Easy, or abbreviated "DIE" is a program to analyze files you load into the application. It detects, among other things, the compiler and linker used, signatures, and other information about files. The program has been designed specifically to reveal file signatures and how they are packed. Some of the binary formats supported: MS-DOS: DOS MZ Windows: Portable Executable (PE) *Nix: Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) macOS: Mach Object (Mach-O)

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 8 November 2026
Last technical check: 7 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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