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24 alternatives to Regexly – WYSIWYG Regex Playground for JavaScripters
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Regexly – WYSIWYG Regex Playground for JavaScripters launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
- 1RE
2021 · slip.so · 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 library▲276A curated list of most commonly used regular expressions
2022 · uibakery.io · its alternatives →
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Regex Cheatsheet▲499A modern regular expression playground with live matching, visual railroad diagrams, rich notes, and easy sharing.
2020 · ihateregex.io · its alternatives →
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RegexLearn▲328Learn RegEx step by step, from zero to advanced
2021 · regexlearn.com · its alternatives →
- 8EP
2017 · codemix.github.io · its alternatives →
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Readble Regex▲130Regex REST API for easier codebase maintenance of regex
2025 · readable-regex-8d81b79167bf.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →
- 10IW
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 →
- 11JR
2017 · regularity.co · its alternatives →
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RegExr 2.0▲101Online tool to learn, build, & test Regular Expressions
2014 · regexr.com · its alternatives →
- 13HI
2015 · hackersearch.io · its alternatives →
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2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Are you a regular expression nerd? Challenge your friend to a Regex.
2025 · regex.jordandalton.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 →
- 18RE
2016 · txt2re.com · its alternatives →
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A modern introduction to Javascript
2014 · eloquentjavascript.net · its alternatives →
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I'm sorry/not sorry for creating this.
2022 · thetypingoftheregex.com · its alternatives →
- 21CS
2019 · codesearch.aelve.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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An Experimental Regex Engine to Parse and Apply Bulk Changes to a JSON String Without Using 'JSON.parse()' for Deserialization - patternhelloworld/json-knife
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 24GP
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.
Dec 2025 · gruhn.github.io · its alternatives →
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