---
id: bincopy
version: "20.1.1"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# bincopy — Mangling of various file formats that conveys binary information (Motorola S-Record, Intel HEX and binary files).

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 774.5K/mo

## What it is and what it does

Bincopy is a Python library and command-line tool for reading, writing, and converting between multiple binary file formats commonly used in embedded systems and firmware development. It handles Motorola S-Record (.s19, .s28, .s37), Intel HEX (.hex), TI-TXT, Verilog VMEM, ELF, and raw binary formats, allowing you to load a file in one format and export it in another, inspect segments and address ranges, or manipulate binary data programmatically.

The library provides both a Python API for scripting and standalone CLI commands: `bincopy info` displays file metadata and data ranges, `bincopy convert` transforms between formats or concatenates multiple files, `bincopy fill` closes gaps between segments, and `bincopy pretty` formats files for readability. It depends on humanfriendly, argparse_addons, and pyelftools, all lightweight utilities.

Use it for:

- Convert firmware images between formats for different embedded toolchains or programmers.
- Inspect binary file structure and address layout before flashing to hardware.
- Concatenate multiple binary or hex files into a single output for deployment.
- Fill gaps in segmented binary data to create contiguous firmware images.
- Parse and extract segments from ELF or hex files in build or CI/CD pipelines.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Converts between binary file formats (Motorola S-Record, Intel HEX, TI-TXT, Verilog VMEM, ELF, and raw binary) and provides command-line tools to inspect, convert, and manipulate them.

Yes. Bincopy is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, installs with low friction, and solves a specific and well-defined problem in embedded systems workflows. The MIT license imposes no restrictions. Install it if you work with firmware files, bootloaders, or embedded binary formats.

## Install

pip install bincopy
uv add bincopy
poetry add bincopy

## Installing bincopy

Before you install: Low friction install with three lightweight runtime dependencies (humanfriendly, argparse_addons, pyelftools). Active maintenance with recent releases; last commit 2026-05-12 and latest release 2026-02-24.

License in practice: MIT license (permissive) places no restrictions on use, modification, or redistribution in commercial or private projects.

Quickstart:

pip install bincopy

import bincopy
f = bincopy.BinFile("file.hex")
print(f.as_srec())
print(f.as_binary())

Requires Python 3.9 or later.

Verify before relying:

- Whether pyelftools dependency is optional or always required for ELF file support.
- Performance characteristics when handling large binary files or many format conversions.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 774.5K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

hex file converter, motorola s-record tools, intel hex manipulation, binary format conversion, firmware file format, embedded binary tools, s19 s28 s37 conversion, firmware-tools, embedded-systems, binary-format

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