Perl Compatible Regular Expressions Alternatives

Perl Compatible Regular Expressions is described as 'The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as Perl 5. PCRE has its own native API as well as a set of wrapper functions that correspond to the POSIX regular expression API' and is an app. There are five alternatives to Perl Compatible Regular Expressions for Linux, Mac, Windows, Self-Hosted and FreeBSD. The best Perl Compatible Regular Expressions alternative is nregex, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Perl Compatible Regular Expressions are TRE, RE2, Oniguruma and Hyperscan.

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  1. TRE icon
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    TRE is a lightweight, robust, and efficient POSIX compliant regexp matching library with some exciting features such as approximate (fuzzy) matching.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. RE2 icon
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    RE2 is a fast, safe, thread-friendly alternative to backtracking regular expression engines like those used in PCRE, Perl, and Python. It is a C++ library with wrappers for many languages including Perl, Python, Erlang and more.

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Oniguruma icon
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    Oniguruma is a modern and flexible regular expressions library. It encompasses features from different regular expression implementations that traditionally exist in different languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Hyperscan icon
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    Hyperscan is a high-performance multiple regex matching library. It follows the regular expression syntax of the commonly-used libpcre library, but is a standalone library with its own C API. Hyperscan uses hybrid automata techniques to allow simultaneous matching of large...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
     
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