textX Alternatives

textX is described as 'Meta-language for building Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) in Python. It is inspired by Xtext' and is an app. There are nine alternatives to textX for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best textX alternative is Ragel, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like textX are ANTLR, Eclipse Xtext, Flex and GNU Bison.

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  1. Ragel icon

    Ragel

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    Ragel is a finite-state machine compiler and a parser generator targeting C, C++ and ASM. It can recognize byte sequences and execute code at arbitrary points in the process.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. ANTLR icon

    ANTLR

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    ANTLR (ANother Tool for Language Recognition) is a powerful parser generator for reading, processing, executing, or translating structured text or binary files.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Eclipse Xtext icon

    Eclipse Xtext

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    Xtext is an open-source framework for developing programming languages and domain-specific languages (DSLs). Unlike standard parser generators, Xtext not only generates a parser, but also a class model for the Abstract Syntax Tree and a fully featured, customizable Eclipse-based...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. F

    Flex

     1 like

    Flex (fast lexical analyzer generator) is a tool for generating scanners. A scanner, sometimes called a tokenizer, is a program which recognizes lexical patterns in text. The flex program reads user-specified input files, or its standard input if no file names are given, for a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. G

    GNU Bison

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    Generates LALR(1), canonical LR(1), or IELR(1) parsers from formal grammar input, detects ambiguities, provides syntax error handling, integrates with existing code, and supports C, C++, or Java code output for compiler development and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. D

    dropincc.java

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    dropincc.java - A small and easy to use parser generator. Specify your grammar in pure java and compile dynamically. Especially suitable for DSL creation in java.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Owl parser generator icon

    Owl parser generator

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    Owl is a parser generator which targets the class of visibly pushdown languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. parboiled icon

    parboiled

     1 like

    Elegant PEG parsing in Java - lightweight, easy-to-use, powerful.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Tunnel Grammar Studio (TGS) icon

    Tunnel Grammar Studio (TGS)

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    Tunnel Grammar Studio is an Integrated Development Environment for generating parsers (also known as parser generator or a compiler compiler). It is used to develop stand alone Parsing Machines from given ABNF syntax grammar.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Tunnel Grammar Studio (TGS) screenshot 1
     
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