RegexBuddy Alternatives

RegexBuddy is described as 'Is your perfect companion for working with regular expressions. Learning, creating, understanding, testing, using and saving regular expressions has never been easier' and is a regular expression editor in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to RegexBuddy for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Mac, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best RegexBuddy alternative is regular expressions 101, which is free. Other great apps like RegexBuddy are RegExr, Expresso, Regex Forge and RegexMate.

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  1. Regex101 is a powerful, online regular expression tool with extensive support for multiple languages including PHP, PCRE, Python and JavaScript.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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  2. RegExr icon
     57 likes

    RegExr.com is an online tool to learn, build, and test Regular Expressions. It was created by Grant Skinner and the nice people at gskinner.com.

    44 RegExr alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Comments about RegExr as an Alternative to RegexBuddy
    subtixx
    Negative
    0

    Only supports js and PHP flavour.

    Guest
    Negative
    2

    Support only 2 engines while RegexBuddy 3.6 can simulate 15 flavors (Java, perl, python, ruby, tcl,...)

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    1

    Much much less functionality.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think RegExr is a great RegexBuddy alternative, some don't.

    • RegExr is Free and Open SourceRegexBuddy is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Expresso icon
     36 likes

    The award-winning Expresso editor is equally suitable as a teaching tool for the beginning user of regular expressions or as a full-featured development environment for the experienced programmer or web designer with an extensive knowledge of regular expressions.

    34 Expresso alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  4. Regex Forge icon
     5 likes

    Regex Forge is a regular expression editor for macOS with pattern visualization, syntax highlighting, live replace & preview and more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. RegexMate icon
     2 likes

    RegexMate offers seamless regex crafting and testing on macOS and iOS. Its minimalist interface provides an instant live preview, and users can save their expressions into a library for quick reference. A comprehensive guide with tutorials is always accessible, with light and dark mode options.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  6. The Regex Coach is a graphical application for Windows which can be used to experiment with (Perl-compatible) regular expressions interactively. It has the following features:

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Wildcard icon
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    Wildcard gives you a nice and simple to use interface to test/practice regular expressions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  8. Regex Hero icon
     13 likes

    .NET regular expression tester with instantaneous highlighting, code completion, and C# and VB.NET code generation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Regex Generator is a tool to generate simple regular expressions. The goal is that people with less experience can create regex smoothly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. RegexMagic icon
     6 likes

    Use RegexMagic to generate complete regular expressions to your specifications by using RegexMagics flexible patterns, instead of the cryptic regex syntax.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. PyRegex icon
     Like

    PyRegex is an online Regular Expression tester for python dialect.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. Regex.ai icon
     1 like

    Regex.ai is an AI-powered tool that generates regular expressions with ease and accuracy. It allows users to create regular expressions that match specific patterns with our easy-to-use interface and convenient UI/UX.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
     
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