AkousaEndianness Swap
Swap byte order between big-endian and little-endian.
About Endianness Swap
The Endianness Swap tool reverses the byte order of hexadecimal values between big-endian (network byte order, used by PowerPC and SPARC) and little-endian (used by x86/x64 and ARM in default mode) representations for 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit word sizes. Byte order mismatches are a persistent source of subtle bugs when parsing binary file formats, network protocol frames, or memory-mapped hardware registers across architectures. This tool provides an instant, error-free way to perform manual byte swaps without writing throwaway conversion scripts.
How to Use
Enter a hexadecimal value in the input field — with or without a 0x prefix — and select the word size (16-bit, 32-bit, or 64-bit) that matches your data. Click Swap to reverse the byte order; the result is displayed in hex alongside the decimal interpretation for both the original and swapped values. For multi-value batch conversion, enter one hex value per line and all values are swapped simultaneously.
Common Use Cases
- Embedded systems programmers converting register values and protocol fields between network byte order (big-endian) and host byte order (little-endian x86) when implementing TCP/IP stacks or parsing binary network protocols
- Reverse engineers analyzing cross-platform binary file formats — ELF, Mach-O, PE — where 32-bit and 64-bit multi-byte fields must be interpreted with the correct endianness for the target architecture
- Firmware developers debugging endianness bugs in custom SPI, I2C, or CAN bus protocol parsers by manually swapping field bytes to verify the correct interpretation of sensor register readings
- CTF players and security researchers correcting byte order in memory dump artifacts or packet captures where expected integer values appear byte-swapped due to architecture differences
- Systems programmers verifying htonl and ntohl byte-swap logic in C/C++ network code by comparing manually swapped hex values against the expected network-order output