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RegexBuddy

regexbuddy.com

RegExr

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FigureRegexBuddyRegExr
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source——
Web—Yes
WindowsYes—
LinuxYes—
Plans published81
Spec score · Regular Expression Testers7.9 (#7)7.6 (#9)
PurposeRegexBuddy helps users create, understand, test, debug, use, and save regular expressions.RegExr is an online tool to learn, build, and test regular expressions.
SupportLicense prices include free technical support by email and free minor updates and bug fixes.The project README directs users to GitHub for issues and feature requests and Stack Overflow for regular-expression questions.

Plans

RegexBuddy

  • RegexBuddy single user license£44.95, paid once
  • RegexBuddy 5-user license£179, paid once
  • RegexBuddy 10-user license£319, paid once
  • RegexBuddy 20-user license£539, paid once
  • RegexBuddy 30-user license£719, paid once
  • RegexBuddy 50-user license£1,099, paid once
  • RegexBuddy 75-user license£1,349, paid once
  • RegexBuddy 100-user license£1,599, paid once

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RegExr

  • RegExrFree

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RegexBuddy

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RegExr

RegExr is a free web tool for learning, building, and testing regular expressions. It supports JavaScript and PHP/PCRE expressions, with results that change as you type. Hovering over a match or expression reveals details, and the Explain tool describes an expression in plain English. Tests mode lets users assemble examples that an expression should match or reject. Replace and List produce custom outputs, while Details shows capture groups. Learning resources include a cheatsheet, reference, help pages, and examples. Users can search and rate Community Patterns, then save and share expressions. Signing in keeps favorites and patterns in My Patterns. A saved expression gets a public link, and a Community-shared copy cannot be edited or deleted. The listed RegExr plan costs nothing. The project README credits Grant Skinner and gskinner.com as creators and identifies this version as GPL v3 licensed. It directs issue and feature requests to GitHub and regular-expression questions to Stack Overflow.

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