Open Source RegexBuddy Alternatives

The best open source alternative to RegexBuddy is RegExr. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to RegexBuddy and 17 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to RegexBuddy are Wildcard, Regex Generator, PyRegex and RegExpEditor.

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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.

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    • Online
     
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  2. 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
     
  3. 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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. PyRegex icon
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    PyRegex is an online Regular Expression tester for python dialect.

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. RegExpEditor icon
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    What RegExpEditor is can be said easyest by telling what it is not: It is not an editor for regular expressions. Although it can be used for this purpose. Instead RegExpEditor is a text editor that allows you to alter text using regular expressions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6.  1 like

    CyrilEx is an online regex tester, it allows to test regular expression in PHP (PCRE), Python, Ruby, JavaScript, Java and MySQL.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Scriptular icon
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    Scriptular is a web-based JavaScript regular expression editor base on the look and feel of Rubular. Use it online in your browser for free or download the open-source code and host it for yourself on your computer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Regulex icon
     5 likes

    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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Regexper icon
     1 like

    regex visualization tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. iHateRegex icon
     4 likes

    iHateRegex offers an easy way for developers to find helpful and reusable regular expressions while also providing an intuitive playground to interact with regex snippets to create or just learn.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. jRegExAnalyser is an interactive tool written in Java to write, test, debug, analyse and profile regular expressions. Its free and Open Source software, licensed under the terms of GPLv2 with Class Path Exception.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  12. RegExhibit icon
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    Having trouble getting your regular expressions just right? Not sure what they match and what they leave out? Tired of having to write test programs every time? RegExhibit can help.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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