RegEx Lab Alternatives

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

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  1. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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 RegEx Lab.

    • regular expressions 101 is the most popular free alternative to RegEx Lab.

    • regular expressions 101 is Free and ProprietaryRegEx Lab is Paid 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 RegEx Lab.

    • RegExr is Free and Open SourceRegEx Lab is Paid and Proprietary
  3. 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 RegEx Lab.

    • Regex Forge is the most popular commercial alternative to RegEx Lab.

    • Regex Forge is Paid and ProprietaryRegEx Lab is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. 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
     
    • Expresso is the most popular Windows alternative to RegEx Lab.

    • Expresso is Free and ProprietaryRegEx Lab is Paid and Proprietary
  5. 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 RegEx Lab.

    • Wildcard is Free and Open SourceRegEx Lab is Paid and Proprietary
  6. 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 RegEx Lab.

    • RegexMate is Free and ProprietaryRegEx Lab is Paid and Proprietary
    • RegexMate is Minimalistic, Lightweight and Privacy focusedRegEx Lab is not according to our users
  7. 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
     
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    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

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. 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
     
  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Regulex is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to RegEx Lab.

    • Regulex is Free and Open SourceRegEx Lab is Paid and Proprietary
  11. Regex Hero icon
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    .NET regular expression tester with instantaneous highlighting, code completion, and C# and VB.NET code generation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. The Regulator icon
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    The Regulator is an advanced Regular expressions testing tool, featuring syntax highlighting and web-service integration with Regexlib.coms database of online regular expressions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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