Open Source RegexBuddy Alternatives for Linux

RegexBuddy is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best open source Linux alternative is Wildcard. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to RegexBuddy and six of them are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to RegexBuddy are RegExpEditor, jRegExAnalyser, Visual REGEXP and kiki.

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  1. Wildcard icon

    Wildcard

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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
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  2. RegExpEditor icon

    RegExpEditor

     1 like

    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
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  4. jRegExAnalyser icon

    jRegExAnalyser

     6 likes

    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
    Main Window showing analysis results, and pop up with escaped Java String export
     
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    Visual REGEXP

     3 likes

    This software will let you design your regexps by letting you type the expression and visualize its effect on a sample of your choice.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. K

    kiki

     1 like

    A free environment for regular expression testing (ferret). It allows you to write regexes and test them against a sample text, providing extensive output about the results.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. R

    rgxg

     1 like

    rgxg is a command-line tool (and a C-library) that generates (extended) regular expressions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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