List of regular expression software

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The following is a list of software applications that use regular expressions. In some cases, only later versions of the applications use regular expressions.

Contents 1 Applications 2 Web-based applications 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Applications

Name	URL	Genre	Regex flavor(s)	Regex algorithm	Win	Mac OS X	Cross	License
Adobe Dreamweaver	[1]	HTML editor	ECMAScript	Traditional NFA	Yes	Yes	No	Proprietary
Apache HTTP Server	[2]	Web server	PCRE	Traditional NFA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Apache License
ATAC (Automated Tactical Analysis of Crime)	[3]	Data Miner	?	Traditional NFA	Yes	No	No	Proprietary
EditPad Pro	[4]	Text editor	JGsoft	Traditional NFA	Yes	No	No	Proprietary
Elvis	[5]	Text editor	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Clarified Artistic License
EmEditor	[6]	Text editor	?	?	Yes	No	No	Proprietary
Expresso	[7]	Regex builder and tester	.NET	Traditional NFA	Yes	No	No	Proprietary
GNU Grep	[8]	Search and replace command-line utility	GNU BRE/ERE	POSIX NFA/DFA, depending on features used	Yes	Yes	Yes	GPL
Microsoft Visual Studio	[9]	Integrated development environment	Microsoft Visual Studio [1]	?	Yes	No	No	Proprietary
Microsoft Word	[10]	Word processor	Microsoft Word [2]	?	Yes	Yes	No	Proprietary
NoteTab	[11]	Text Editor	PCRE	Traditional NFA	Yes	No	No	Proprietary
Nvi	[12]	Text editor	POSIX ERE with extensions	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	BSD
OmniOutliner	[13]	Outliner	?	?	No	Yes	No	Proprietary
OpenOffice.org Base	[14]	Relational database management system	OpenOffice.org	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	LGPL
OpenOffice.org Calc	[15]	Spreadsheet	OpenOffice.org	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	LGPL
OpenOffice.org Writer	[16]	Word processor	OpenOffice.org	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	LGPL
Oracle Database	[17]	Relational database management system	POSIX ERE with extensions	Traditional NFA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary
PowerGREP	[18]	Search and replace utility	JGsoft	Traditional NFA	Yes	No	No	Proprietary
Ragel	[19]	Parser generator	?	DFA	Yes	Yes	Yes	GPL
Redet	[20]	Regex builder and tester	Tcl ARE (native); supports over fifty others	Hybrid NFA/DFA (native)	Yes	Yes	Yes	GPL
RegexBuddy	[21]	Regex builder and tester	Custom JGsoft engine which emulates the .NET, Java, Perl, PCRE, ECMAScript, Python, Ruby, Tcl ARE, POSIX BRE/ERE, GNU BRE/ERE, XML Schema, and XPath regex flavors	Traditional NFA	Yes	No	No	Proprietary
Regex Coach, The	[22]	Regex tester	CL-PPCRE	Traditional NFA	Yes	No	No	Proprietary
Regulator, The	[23]	Regex builder and tester	.NET	Traditional NFA	Yes	No	No	LGPL
SubEthaEdit	[24]	Text editor	?	?	No	Yes	No	Proprietary
Tera Term	[25]	Terminal emulator	Oniguruma	?	Yes	No	No	BSD
TextMate	[26]	Text editor	Oniguruma	?	No	Yes	No	Proprietary
Vi		Text editor	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	BSD
Vile	[27]	Text editor	POSIX ERE with extensions	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	GPL v2
Vim	[28]	Text editor	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	GPL-compatible charityware
Regex Util	[29]	Eclipse (software) Plugin	Java	Traditional NFA	Yes	Yes	Yes	GPL
Name	URL	Genre	Regex flavor(s)	Regex algorithm	Win	Mac OS X	Cross	License

[edit] Web-based applications

Name	URL	Genre	Regex flavor(s)	Regex algorithm	License
Google Code Search	[30]	Search engine	POSIX ERE with extensions and reductions	DFA	Proprietary
My Regexp	[31]	Regex tester with full syntax highlighting	Java, PCRE	Traditional NFA	Proprietary
RegexMate	[32]	Regex tester	ECMAScript	Traditional NFA	Proprietary
RegexPal	[33]	Regex tester	ECMAScript	Traditional NFA	LGPL

[edit] See also

• Comparison of regular expression engines

[edit] References