List of regular expression software

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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	Win	Mac OS X	Cross	License
Adobe Dreamweaver	HTML editor	ECMAScript	Traditional NFA	Yes	Yes	No	Proprietary
Apache HTTP Server	Web server	PCRE	Traditional NFA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Apache License
BBEdit	Text editor	GREP	?	No	Yes	No	Proprietary
Brief (text editor)	Text editor	ECMAScript, Brief	Traditional NFA	Yes	No	No	Proprietary
Elvis	Text editor	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Clarified Artistic License
EmEditor	Text editor	?	?	Yes	No	No	Proprietary
GNU Grep	Search and replace command-line utility	GNU BRE/ERE	POSIX NFA/DFA, depending on features used	Yes	Yes	Yes	GPL
Java	Programming Language	POSIX ERE variant	POSIX	Yes	Yes	Yes	GPL
Microsoft Visual Studio	Integrated development environment	Microsoft Visual Studio	?	Yes	No	No	Proprietary
Microsoft Word	Word processor	Microsoft Word	?	Yes	Yes	No	Proprietary
Notepad++	Text editor	POSIX ERE	?	Yes	No	No	GPL
NoteTab	Text editor	PCRE	Traditional NFA	Yes	No	No	Proprietary
Nvi	Text editor	POSIX ERE with extensions	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	BSD
OmniOutliner	Outliner	?	?	No	Yes	No	Proprietary
OpenOffice.org Base	Relational database management system	OpenOffice.org	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	LGPL
OpenOffice.org Calc	Spreadsheet	OpenOffice.org	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	LGPL
OpenOffice.org Writer	Word processor	OpenOffice.org	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	LGPL
Oracle Database	Relational database management system	POSIX ERE with extensions	Traditional NFA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary
PSPad	Text editor	?	?	Yes	No	No	Freeware
Ragel	Parser generator	?	DFA	Yes	Yes	Yes	GPL
RegexBuddy	RegEx builder and tester	.NET, Java, Perl, PCRE, ECMAScript, Python, Ruby, Tcl ARE, POSIX BRE/ERE, GNU BRE/ERE, XML Schema, and XPath	Traditional NFA	Yes	No	No	Proprietary
SubEthaEdit	Text editor	?	?	No	Yes	No	Proprietary
Tera Term	Terminal emulator	Oniguruma	?	Yes	No	No	BSD
TextMate	Text editor	Oniguruma	?	No	Yes	No	Proprietary
UltraEdit	Text editor	Perl, Unix, UltraEdit	?	Yes	No	No	Proprietary
Vile	Text editor	POSIX ERE with extensions	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	GPL v2
Vim	Text editor	Vim	Traditional NFA	Yes	Yes	Yes	GPL-compatible charityware
Name	Genre	RegEx flavor(s)	RegEx algorithm	Win	Mac OS X	Cross	License

Web-based applications

Name	Genre	RegEx flavor(s)	RegEx algorithm	License
Google Code Search Scheduled for termination on January 15, 2012.	Search engine	POSIX ERE with extensions and reductions	DFA	Proprietary

See also

• Comparison of regular expression engines