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Gilles Vauvarin
Gilles Vauvarin

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Here are 7 Regex tools that can save your life from hell 🔥

I don't know if you're like me, but whenever I'm faced with a regular expression aka Regex I break out in a cold sweat. I hate this synthaxis and I'm tearing my hair out to find the one that's right for me.

Fortunately, there are 😇 guardian angels on the web who have thought of us by offering us tools to assist us or teach us how to manipulate this demonic language.

Here are 7 Regex tools to help you get the hang of regular expressions.

Disclaimer: the links below do not open directly onto the resources cited but on a summary with more details than here, so you don't have to read all the tool's documentation to understand what it is and what its main features are. If you're interested by the resource, there's a button to go directly to the relevant site. See "Visit this tool's website" blue button, top right on desktop view


1. Regex Crossword

This is a funny way to learn Regex. With Regex Crossword, welcome to the fantastic world of nerdy regex fun! Start playing by selecting one of the puzzle challenges below. There are a wide range of difficulties from beginner to expert.

Regex Crossword homepage screenshot


2. Regulex

JavaScript Regular Expression Visualizer.

Regulex homepage screenshot


3. RegexGPT

RegexGPT is a tool that lets people generate regex patterns by inputting an example of the text they would like to transform and another input for the expected result. There is also a natural language input that allows the user to explain the pattern they would like to match. The final input lets users select the programming language for the output.

RegexGPT homepage screenshot


4. Pomsky

A modern language that cross-compiles to regular expressions.

Pomsky homepage screenshot


5. RegexAI

AI-Powered Regular Expression Solver. Insert your text and drag the cursor to highlight multiple strings to find matching regular expression. You can also click on the highlighted text to remove it.

Regex AI homepage screenshot


6. Regex Learn

Learn Regex step by step, from zero to advanced. Learning Regex is easier than you think. You can use this tool to easily learn, practice, test and share Regex.

Regex Learn homepage screenshot


7. Super Expressive

Super Expressive is a JavaScript library that allows you to build regular expressions in almost natural language - with no extra dependencies, and a lightweight code footprint.

Super Expressive Github page


If you'd like to discover other tools for web workers, I invite you to visit my site The Whale, where I've already listed 1,398 tools. 🚀

The Whale homepage screenshot

See you ... 🖖

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