Multi String Search Alternatives

Multi String Search is described as 'Search multiple strings occurrences simultaneously with the help of this piece of software that comes with support for regular expressions' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to Multi String Search for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Mac, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best Multi String Search alternative is regular expressions 101, which is free. Other great apps like Multi String Search are RegExr, AstroGrep, dnGREP and Expresso.

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

    41 regular expressions 101 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • regular expressions 101 is the most popular Web-based alternative to Multi String Search.

    • regular expressions 101 is the most popular free alternative to Multi String Search.

    • regular expressions 101 is Free and ProprietaryMulti String Search is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • RegExr is the most popular Open Source alternative to Multi String Search.

    • RegExr is Free and Open SourceMulti String Search is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. AstroGrep icon
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    AstroGrep is A Microsoft Windows GUI File Searching (grep) utility. Features include regular expressions, versatile printing options, stores most recent used paths and has a "context" feature which is very nice for looking at source code.

    39 AstroGrep alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • AstroGrep is the most popular Windows alternative to Multi String Search.

    • AstroGrep is Free and Open SourceMulti String Search is Freemium and Proprietary
    • AstroGrep is LightweightMulti String Search is not according to our users
  4. dnGREP icon
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    dnGrep allows you to search across files with easy-to-read results. Search through text files, Word documents, PDFs, and archives using text, regular expression, XPath, and phonetic queries. dnGrep includes search-and-replace, whole-file preview, right-click search in File...

    57 dnGREP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Expresso icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. 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
     
    • Wildcard is the most popular Linux alternative to Multi String Search.

    • Wildcard is Free and Open SourceMulti String Search is Freemium and Proprietary
  7. 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 Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to Multi String Search.

    • RegexMate is Free and ProprietaryMulti String Search is Freemium and Proprietary
    • RegexMate is Minimalistic, Lightweight and Privacy focusedMulti String Search is not according to our users
  8. grep icon
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    grep is a command-line utility for searching plain-text data sets for lines matching a regular expression.

    43 grep alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
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    A user-friendly, faster, more capable grep replacement. Includes a TUI, Google-like Boolean search with AND/OR/NOT, fuzzy search, hexdumps, searches (nested) archives (zip, 7z, tar, pax, cpio), compressed files (gz, Z, bz2, lzma, xz, lz4, zstd, brotli), pdfs, docs, and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Homebrew
    • MacPorts
    • Termux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
    • NetBSD
    • Alpine Linux
    • Chocolatey
    • Windows
     
  10. 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.

    43 RegexBuddy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • RegexBuddy is the most popular commercial alternative to Multi String Search.

    • RegexBuddy is Paid and ProprietaryMulti String Search is Freemium and Proprietary
  11. PowerGREP icon
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    PowerGREP is a powerful Windows grep tool. Quickly search through large numbers of files on your PC or network, including text and binary files, compressed archives, MS Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PDF files, OpenOffice files, etc.

    82 PowerGREP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. 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
     
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