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24 alternatives to Generate Passwords from Regex Constraints

I built a simple web page that checks whether two JavaScript regex are equivalent (i.e. match exactly the same strings). If the two regex are not equivalent, the tool shows example strings that match one regex but not the other. The most common JavaScript regex syntax features are supported. Some more exotic features like back references are not supported. For anchors (^/$) and lookahead assertions, support is a bit wonky. The UI is vibe coded but the algorithmic machinery underneath is completely hand written.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    A modern regular expression playground with live matching, visual railroad diagrams, rich notes, and easy sharing.

    2020 · ihateregex.io · its alternatives →

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    A curated list of most commonly used regular expressions

    2022 · uibakery.io · its alternatives →

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    Online tool to learn, build, & test Regular Expressions

    2014 · regexr.com · its alternatives →

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    Outlines is a Python library that focuses on text generation with large language models. Brandon and I are not LLM experts and started the project a few months ago because we wanted to understand better how the generation process works. Our original background is probabilistic, relational and symbolic programming. Recently we came up with a fast way to generate text that matches a regex (https://blog.normalcomputing.ai/posts/2023-07-27-regex-guide...). The basic idea is simple: regular expressions have an equivalent Deterministic-Finite Automaton (DFA) representation. We…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Powerful pattern matching for Javascript. Contribute to natefaubion/matches.js development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    regex cheatsheet for the haters

    2020 · ihateregex.io · its alternatives →

  8. 8RR

    You can enter strings to match/not match and the generator will spit out an according regex. It's not 100% accurate, but I feel like this could still be useful in at least getting a starting point when initially trying to make a regex?

    2023 · regexgo.com · its alternatives →

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    Welcome to the fantastic world of nerdy regex fun!

    2016 · regexcrossword.com · its alternatives →

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    Regex.ai is an AI-powered tool that generates regular expressions. It can accurately generate regular expressions that match specific patterns in text with precision. Whether you're a novice or an expert, Regex.ai's intuitive interface makes it easy to input sample text and generate complex regular expressions quickly and efficiently. Overall, Regex.ai is a game-changer that will save you time and streamline your workflow.

    2023 · regex.ai · its alternatives →

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    Learn RegEx step by step, from zero to advanced

    2021 · regexlearn.com · its alternatives →

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    Online regex tester and debugger with real-time match highlighting, detailed explanations, substitutions, unit tests, benchmarking, and code generation. Supports PCRE2, JavaScript, Python, Go, Java, .NET, Rust, POSIX ERE, and POSIX BRE.

    2018 · regex101.com · its alternatives →

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    Regex syntax and resources to power up your programming

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    RegexBot▲165

    Easily convert natural language to RegEx using AI

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    My book titled "Python re(gex)?" is free to download through this weekend [1][2] The book covers both 're' and 'regex' modules, has plenty of examples and chapters also have cheatsheets and exercises. Code snippets, exercises, sample chapters, etc are available on GitHub repo [3] I used pandoc+xelatex [4] to generate the pdf. [1] https://gumroad.com/l/py_regex [2] https://leanpub.com/py_regex [3] https://github.com/learnbyexample/py_regular_expressions [4]…

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Regulex▲167

    Visualize Regular Expressions using Javascript

    2015 · jex.im · its alternatives →

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    Python to Regex. Regex to Python. The yRegex for humans. - iogf/crocs

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Regex REST API for easier codebase maintenance of regex

    2025 · readable-regex-8d81b79167bf.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

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    RegexOne provides a set of interactive lessons and exercises to help you learn regular expressions

    2020 · regexone.com · its alternatives →

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    My example based guide on JavaScript regular expressions is free to download through this weekend [1][2] Code snippets, exercises, sample chapters, etc are available on GitHub repo [3] You can also get the book as part of free bundle [4] [1] https://gumroad.com/l/js_regexp [2] https://leanpub.com/js_regexp [3] https://github.com/learnbyexample/learn_js_regexp [4] https://leanpub.com/b/regex

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Regxr▲151

    A minimal, lightweight MacOS desktop app for RegEx

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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