List of regular expression software

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

Applications

Name	Genre	Regex flavor(s)	Regex algorithm	Operating system	License
\| Adobe Dreamweaver 1	HTML editor	ECMAScript	Traditional NFA	Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows	Proprietary
\| Apache HTTP Server 2	Web server	PCRE	Traditional NFA	Cross-platform	Apache License
\| EditPad Pro 3	Text editor	JGsoft	Traditional NFA	Microsoft Windows	Proprietary
\| Elvis 4	Text editor	{{?}}	{{?}}	Cross-platform	Clarified Artistic License
\| EmEditor 5	Text editor	{{?}}	{{?}}	Microsoft Windows	Proprietary
\| Expresso 6	Regex builder and tester	.NET	Traditional NFA	Microsoft Windows	Proprietary
\| GNU Grep 7	Search and replace command-line utility	GNU BRE/ERE	POSIX NFA/DFA, depending on features used	Cross-platform	GPL
\| Microsoft Visual Studio 8	Integrated development environment	Microsoft Visual Studio	{{?}}	Microsoft Windows	Proprietary
\| Microsoft Word 9	Word processor	Microsoft Word	{{?}}	Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows	Proprietary
\| Nvi 10	Text editor	POSIX ERE with extensions	{{?}}	Cross-platform	BSD
\| OmniOutliner 11	Outliner	{{?}}	{{?}}	Mac OS X	Proprietary
\| OpenOffice.org Base 12	Relational database management system	OpenOffice.org	{{?}}	Cross-platform	LGPL
\| OpenOffice.org Calc 13	Spreadsheet	OpenOffice.org	{{?}}	Cross-platform	LGPL
\| OpenOffice.org Writer 14	Word processor	OpenOffice.org	{{?}}	Cross-platform	LGPL
\| Oracle Database 15	Relational database management system	POSIX ERE with extensions	Traditional NFA	Cross-platform	Proprietary
\| PowerGREP 16	Search and replace utility	JGsoft	Traditional NFA	Microsoft Windows	Proprietary
\| Ragel 17	Parser generator	{{?}}	DFA	Cross-platform	GPL
\| RegexBuddy 18	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	Microsoft Windows	Proprietary
\| Regex Coach, The 19	Regex tester	CL-PPCRE	Traditional NFA	Microsoft Windows	Proprietary
\| Regulator, The 20	Regex builder and tester	.NET	Traditional NFA	Microsoft Windows	LGPL
\| SubEthaEdit 21	Text editor	{{?}}	{{?}}	Mac OS X	Proprietary
\| Tera Term 22	Terminal emulator	Oniguruma	{{?}}	Microsoft Windows	BSD
\| TextMate 23	Text editor	Oniguruma	{{?}}	Mac OS X	Proprietary
\| Vi	Text editor	{{?}}	{{?}}	Cross-platform	BSD
\| Vile 24	Text editor	POSIX ERE with extensions	{{?}}	Cross-platform	GPL v2
\| Vim 25	Text editor	{{?}}	{{?}}	Cross-platform	GPL-compatible charityware
Name	Genre	Regex flavor(s)	Regex algorithm	Operating system	License

Web-based applications

Name	Genre	Regex flavor(s)	Regex algorithm	License
\| Google Code Search 26	Search engine	POSIX ERE with extensions and reductions	DFA	Proprietary
\| RegexMate 27	Regex tester	ECMAScript	Traditional NFA	Proprietary
\| RegexPal 28	Regex tester	ECMAScript	Traditional NFA	LGPL

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External links (30)

http://dba.openoffice.org/

http://elvis.vi-editor.org/

http://httpd.apache.org/

http://invisible-island.net/vile/

http://macromates.com

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/

msdn2.microsoft.com/...

office.microsoft.com/...

http://office.microsoft.com/word

http://regexmate.com/

http://regexpal.com/