Alternatives to Patterns

A macOS regex editor for building, testing, and exporting regular expressions. Notes say what changes if you switch.

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  • Patterns

    A macOS regex editor for building, testing, and exporting regular expressions.

    PaidProprietarymacOS

4 alternatives

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  • Expressions

    A macOS app for writing and testing regular expressions with a live preview and a library.

    PaidProprietarymacOS

    Expressions also lets Mac users write and test regular expressions with live previews, while adding a pattern library.

  • Regex

    A Mac app for testing regular expressions and saving complete test workspaces.

    PaidProprietarymacOS
  • RegexMate

    A regular expression editor for testing patterns with live matches and a built-in reference guide.

    FreemiumProprietarymacOSiOS

    RegexMate also edits and tests regular expressions with live matches, and adds a built-in reference guide plus an iOS app.

  • NeoRegex

    A cross-platform app and experimental web tool for creating and validating regular expressions.