Owl parser generator Alternatives

Owl parser generator is described as 'Owl is a parser generator which targets the class of visibly pushdown languages' and is an app. There are seven alternatives to Owl parser generator for Linux, Windows and Mac. The best Owl parser generator alternative is Ragel, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Owl parser generator are ANTLR, Flex, GNU Bison and parboiled.

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  1. Ragel icon

    Ragel

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    Ragel is a finite-state machine compiler and a parser generator targeting C, C++ and ASM. It can recognize byte sequences and execute code at arbitrary points in the process.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. ANTLR icon

    ANTLR

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    ANTLR (ANother Tool for Language Recognition) is a powerful parser generator for reading, processing, executing, or translating structured text or binary files.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

  4. Flex

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    Flex (fast lexical analyzer generator) is a tool for generating scanners. A scanner, sometimes called a tokenizer, is a program which recognizes lexical patterns in text. The flex program reads user-specified input files, or its standard input if no file names are given, for a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

  5. GNU Bison

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    Generates LALR(1), canonical LR(1), or IELR(1) parsers from formal grammar input, detects ambiguities, provides syntax error handling, integrates with existing code, and supports C, C++, or Java code output for compiler development and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. parboiled icon

    parboiled

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    Elegant PEG parsing in Java - lightweight, easy-to-use, powerful.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. textX icon

    textX

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    textX is a meta-language for building Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) in Python. It is inspired by Xtext.

    It will help you build your textual language easily. You can invent your own language or build a support for an existing textual language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

  9. dropincc.java

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    dropincc.java - A small and easy to use parser generator. Specify your grammar in pure java and compile dynamically. Especially suitable for DSL creation in java.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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