RegexBuddy Alternatives

RegexBuddy is described as 'Is your perfect companion for working with regular expressions. Learning, creating, understanding, testing, using and saving regular expressions has never been easier' and is a regular expression editor in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to RegexBuddy for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Mac, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best RegexBuddy alternative is regular expressions 101, which is free. Other great apps like RegexBuddy are RegExr, Expresso, Regex Forge and RegexMate.

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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
     
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    • Almost everyone thinks regular expressions 101 is a great RegexBuddy alternative.

    • regular expressions 101 is the most popular Web-based alternative to RegexBuddy.

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

    • regular expressions 101 is Free and ProprietaryRegexBuddy 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
     
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    Comments about RegExr as an Alternative to RegexBuddy
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    Only supports js and PHP flavour.

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    Support only 2 engines while RegexBuddy 3.6 can simulate 15 flavors (Java, perl, python, ruby, tcl,...)

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Much much less functionality.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think RegExr is a great RegexBuddy alternative, some don't.

    • RegExr is the most popular Open Source alternative to RegexBuddy.

    • RegExr is Free and Open SourceRegexBuddy is Paid and Proprietary
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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
     
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    • Almost everyone thinks Expresso is a great RegexBuddy alternative.

    • Expresso is the most popular Windows alternative to RegexBuddy.

    • Expresso is Free and ProprietaryRegexBuddy is Paid and Proprietary
  4. 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
  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.

    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
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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 RegexBuddy.

    • Wildcard is Free and Open SourceRegexBuddy is Paid and Proprietary
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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:

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. 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
     
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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
     
  10. RegexMagic icon
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    Use RegexMagic to generate complete regular expressions to your specifications by using RegexMagics flexible patterns, instead of the cryptic regex syntax.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. 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
     
  12. PyRegex icon
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    PyRegex is an online Regular Expression tester for python dialect.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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