Expresso Alternatives

Expresso is described as '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' and is a regular expression editor in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Expresso for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Mac, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best Expresso alternative is RegExr, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Expresso are regular expressions 101, RegexBuddy, Wildcard and RegexMate.

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Expresso alternatives page was last updated Feb 16, 2025
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  1. RegExr icon
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    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.

    42 RegExr alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • CA flagCanada

    Platforms

    • Online

    RegExr Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions
    2.  Community-based

    RegExr VS Expresso

     
    • RegExr is the most popular Web-based alternative to Expresso.

    • RegExr is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Expresso.

    • RegExr is Free and Open SourceExpresso is Free and Proprietary
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    Regex101 is a powerful, online regular expression tool with extensive support for multiple languages including PHP, PCRE, Python and JavaScript.

    40 regular expressions 101 alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    regular expressions 101 Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions
    2.  Debugging

    regular expressions 101 VS Expresso

     
  3. RegexBuddy icon
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    RegexBuddy is your perfect companion for working with regular expressions. Learning, creating, understanding, testing, using and saving regular expressions has never been easier.

    42 RegexBuddy alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows

    RegexBuddy Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions

    RegexBuddy VS Expresso

     
    • RegexBuddy is the most popular Windows alternative to Expresso.

    • RegexBuddy is the most popular commercial alternative to Expresso.

    • RegexBuddy is Paid and ProprietaryExpresso is Free and Proprietary
  4. Wildcard icon
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    Wildcard gives you a nice and simple to use interface to test/practice regular expressions.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Wildcard Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Support for regular expressions

    Wildcard VS Expresso

     
    • Wildcard is the most popular Linux alternative to Expresso.

    • Wildcard is Free and Open SourceExpresso is Free and Proprietary
  5. 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.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Minimalistic

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Live Preview
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Support for regular expressions

    RegexMate VS Expresso

     
    • RegexMate is the most popular Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to Expresso.

    • RegexMate is Free and ProprietaryExpresso is also Free and Proprietary
    • RegexMate is Lightweight and Privacy focusedExpresso is not according to our users
  6. 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:

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Sync with iCloud
    6.  Support for regular expressions

    RegExp VS Expresso

     
  7. Debuggex icon
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    Debuggex is an intuitive visual regular expression debugger, tester, and helper.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • RO flagRomania
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    Discontinued

    The site has been stopped.

    Debuggex Features

    1.  Debugging
    2.  Support for regular expressions

    Debuggex VS Expresso

     
  8. RegViz icon
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    RegViz is a tool for debugging JavaScript regular expressions in a visual way. Advanced highlighting helps you to understand the structure and purpose of a regular expression and to detect bugs therein.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    RegViz Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions

    RegViz VS Expresso

     
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    Regular expression tester with syntax highlighting, explanation, cheat sheet for PHP/PCRE, Python, Go, JavaScript, Java.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome

    Regex101 Chrome Extension Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions

    Regex101 Chrome Extension VS Expresso

     
  10. Regulex icon
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    Regulex is an open-source, regular expression parser and visualizer. It's available online, can be embedded in other websites, or the code can be self-hosted as a JavaScript tool.

    38 Regulex alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Regulex Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions

    Regulex VS Expresso

     
    • Regulex is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Expresso.

    • Regulex is Free and Open SourceExpresso is Free and Proprietary
  11. RegexPal icon
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    An online JavaScript regular expression tester. Enter a regex expression and test data and determine if matches are made.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    RegexPal Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions

    RegexPal VS Expresso

     
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    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:

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    As stated on the Regex Coach's website: “The program hasn't changed since 2008 and this page is also essentially still the same. But I can confirm that in September 2019 the program still works fine for me on Windows 10.”

    The Regex Coach Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions

    The Regex Coach VS Expresso

     
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