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.
Alternatives list
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub


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

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

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


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

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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