Debuggex is an online visual regular-expression tester for JavaScript, Python, and PCRE.
Alternatives to AppTools Regex Tester
AppTools Regex Tester gives you a free workspace for building and checking patterns as you type. Its interactive sandbox updates matches in real time, highlights full matches and capture groups separately, and explains tokens such as quantifiers and non-capturing groups. Global, case-insensitive, multiline, DotAll, and Unicode flags are supported across JavaScript, PCRE, Python, and Go flavors. A step-through debugger, parser guidance, and browser-based execution make it…
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RegexCraft
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RegexRegex
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Retest
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RegexBuddy
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RegExr
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SK Play Labs Regex Tester is a free browser-based tool for testing regular expressions and learning how patterns work.
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The Regex Coach
The Regex Coach is a free graphical application for exploring Perl-compatible regular expressions interactively.
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RegexPlanet
RegexPlanet is a free website for testing regular expressions during development.
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txtnode Regex Tester
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Regexo
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Regex Tester Pro
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RegexStudio
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Regulex
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RegexAssistant
RegexAssistant is a free, open-source Windows desktop tool for creating and testing regular expressions.
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RegEx Tester
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