RegExr Alternatives

RegExr is described as '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' and is a popular regular expression editor in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to RegExr, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best RegExr alternative is regular expressions 101, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to RegExr are Regex Forge, Expresso, RegexBuddy 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
     
    • regular expressions 101 is the most popular Web-based alternative to RegExr.

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

    • regular expressions 101 is Free and ProprietaryRegExr is Free and Open Source
  2. 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 RegExr.

    • Regex Forge is the most popular commercial alternative to RegExr.

    • Regex Forge is Paid and ProprietaryRegExr is Free and Open Source
  3. 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 RegExr.

    • Expresso is Free and ProprietaryRegExr is Free and Open Source
  4. 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
     
  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 RegExr.

    • RegexMate is Free and ProprietaryRegExr is Free and Open Source
    • RegexMate is Minimalistic, Lightweight and Privacy focusedRegExr is not according to our users
  6. 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 RegExr.

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

    • Wildcard is Free and Open SourceRegExr is also Free and Open Source
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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
     
  8. iHateRegex icon
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    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
     
    • iHateRegex is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to RegExr.

    • iHateRegex is Free and Open SourceRegExr is also Free and Open Source
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    Regular expression tester with syntax highlighting, explanation, cheat sheet for PHP/PCRE, Python, Go, JavaScript, Java.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
     
  10. 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
     
  11. 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
     
  12. Rubular icon
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    A ruby based regular expression editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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