RegexBuddy Alternatives for Mac

RegexBuddy is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Regex Forge. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try RegexMate or Regex.ai. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to RegexBuddy and 11 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to RegexBuddy are RegExpEditor, RegExp, Expressions and jRegExAnalyser.

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

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Regex Forge is the most popular Mac alternative to RegexBuddy.

    • Regex Forge is the most popular commercial alternative to RegexBuddy.

    • Regex Forge is Paid and ProprietaryRegexBuddy is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. RegexMate icon
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    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
     
    • RegexMate is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to RegexBuddy.

    • RegexMate is Free and ProprietaryRegexBuddy is Paid and Proprietary
    • RegexMate is Minimalistic, Lightweight and Privacy focusedRegexBuddy is not according to our users
  3. Regex.ai icon
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    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
     
  4. RegExpEditor icon
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    What RegExpEditor is can be said easyest by telling what it is not: It is not an editor for regular expressions. Although it can be used for this purpose. Instead RegExpEditor is a text editor that allows you to alter text using regular expressions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. RegExp icon
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    The only one Regular Expression tester you need, that will help you to test your regular expressions in flavors:

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Expressions icon
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    Expressions is a minimal, distraction-free tool for experimenting with regular expressions.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    jRegExAnalyser is an interactive tool written in Java to write, test, debug, analyse and profile regular expressions. Its free and Open Source software, licensed under the terms of GPLv2 with Class Path Exception.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    regex tester, but missing other engines' regex (Perl Python Tcl etc)

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • jRegExAnalyser is Free and Open SourceRegexBuddy is Paid and Proprietary
  8. RegEx Lab icon
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    RegEx Lab allows you to test regular expressions. The app highlights and underlines text to show matches and capture groups. There's also a handy cheatsheet and a results list view. It has a replace feature too.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  9. RegExhibit icon
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    Having trouble getting your regular expressions just right? Not sure what they match and what they leave out? Tired of having to write test programs every time? RegExhibit can help.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Patterns icon
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    Patterns is a simple yet powerful tool for working with regular expressions. Build great patterns quickly and effortlessly with syntax coloring and with matching and replacing occurring in real time.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Regexp testing tool allows to apply group of regexps to huge arrays of data (millions or so) in order to investigate search or search/replacement possibilities of regexp group.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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