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

==Applications==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
! Name
! Genre
! Regex flavor(s)
! Regex algorithm
! style="width:48px;" | [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
! style="width:48px;" | [[OS X]]
! style="width:48px;" | [[Cross-platform]]
! [[Software license]]
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Adobe Dreamweaver]]
| [[HTML editor]]
| [[ECMAScript]]
| Traditional NFA
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Apache HTTP Server]]
| [[Web server]]
| [[Perl Compatible Regular Expressions|PCRE]]
| Traditional NFA
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|[[Apache License|Apache]]}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Atom (text editor)|Atom]]
| Text editor
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|[[BSD licenses|BSD and MIT]]}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[AutoHotkey]]
| [[Scripting Language]]
| PCRE
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{free|[[GNU General Public License|GPL]]}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[BBEdit]]
| [[Text editor]]
| grep
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Brief (text editor)|Brief]]
| Text editor
| ECMAScript, Brief
| Traditional NFA
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[EditPlus]]
| Text editor
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{free|Shareware}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Elvis (text editor)|Elvis]]
| Text editor
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|Clarified [[Artistic License]]}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[GNU Emacs]]
| Text editor
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|GPL}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[EmEditor]]
| Text editor
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[gedit]]
| Text editor
| limited
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| {{free|GPL}}
|-
! {{rh}} | GNU [[grep]]
| Search [[command-line interface|command-line]] utility
| [[GNU]] BRE/ERE
| [[POSIX]] NFA/DFA, depending on features used
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|GPL}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [https://pypi.python.org/pypi/grin grin]
| [[Python (programming language)|Python]] command-line utility
| Python Regular Expressions
| [https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html re] modeled on Perl
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|[[BSD]]}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| [[Programming language]]
| POSIX ERE variant<ref>[http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html JavaTM Platform Std. Ed. v8 java.util.regex Class Pattern]</ref>
| POSIX
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|GPL}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[JavaScript]]
| Programming language
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| {{?}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[LibreOffice Calc]]
| [[Spreadsheet]]
| OpenOffice.org
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|LGPL}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[LibreOffice Writer]]
| Word processor
| OpenOffice.org
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|LGPL}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[mg (editor)|mg]]
| Text editor
| [[C POSIX library]] [http://mdoc.su/o/regex.3 regex(3)]<ref>http://openbsd.su/src/usr.bin/mg/re_search.c</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|[[Public domain]]}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Microsoft Visual Studio]]
| [[Integrated development environment]]
| Microsoft Visual Studio<ref>[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2k3te2cs.aspx Regular Expressions (Visual Studio)]</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Microsoft Word]]
| [[Word processor]]
| Microsoft Word<ref>[http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/add-power-to-word-searches-with-regular-expressions-HA001087305.aspx Add power to Word searches with regular expressions]</ref>
| partial
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[NEdit]]
| Text editor
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes|X11}}
| {{no}}
| {{free|[[GPL]]}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Netbeans]]
| Integrated development environment
| PCRE
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|[[Common Development and Distribution License|CDDL]], GPL}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[nginx]]
| Web server
| PCRE<ref>http://ngx.su/src/core/ngx_regex.c</ref><ref>http://ports.su/www/nginx (depends on devel/pcre)</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|[[FreeBSD Licence|FreeBSD]]}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Notepad++]]
| Text editor
| PCRE
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{free|GPL}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[NoteTab]]
| Text editor
| PCRE
| Traditional NFA
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Nvi]]
| Text editor
| POSIX ERE with extensions
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|BSD}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[OmniOutliner]]
| [[Outliner]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[OpenOffice.org Base]]
| [[Relational database management system]]
| OpenOffice.org
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|[[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]]}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[OpenOffice.org Calc]]
| Spreadsheet
| OpenOffice.org
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|LGPL}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[OpenOffice.org Writer]]
| Word processor
| OpenOffice.org
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|LGPL}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Oracle Database]]
| Relational database management system
| POSIX ERE with extensions
| Traditional NFA
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Perl (programming language)|Perl]]
| Programming language
| Perl Compatible Regex<ref>https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|GPL}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[PSPad]]
| Text editor
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{free|[[Freeware]]}}
|-
! {{rh}} | Python
| Programming language
| Modeled on Perl<ref>https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|[[BSD Licence|BSD]]}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Qt Creator]]{{dubious|applications using PCRE|date=March 2012}}
| Integrated development environment
| Modeled on Perl
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|LGPL}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Ragel]]
| [[Parser generator]]
| {{dunno}}
| DFA
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|GPL}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[RegexBuddy]]
| Regex builder and tester
| JGsoft, plus emulation of [[.NET Framework|.NET]], Java, [[Perl]], PCRE, ECMAScript, Python, [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], [[Tcl]] ARE, POSIX BRE/ERE, GNU BRE/ERE, [[XML Schema (W3C)|XML Schema]], and [[XPath]]
| Traditional NFA
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-
! {{rh}} | Ruby
| Programming language
| [[Oniguruma]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|BSD}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[SAS language|SAS]]
| Programming language
| modeled on Perl
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[SubEthaEdit]]
| Text editor
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Sublime Text]]
| Text editor
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Take Command Console|TCC]]
| [[Command-line interpreter]]
| Oniguruma
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Tera Term]]
| [[Terminal emulator]]
| Oniguruma
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{free|BSD}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[TextMate]]
| Text editor
| Oniguruma
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[The SemWare Editor|TSE]]
| Text editor
| ?
| ?
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[UltraEdit]]
| Text editor
| PCRE
| Traditional NFA
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Vile (editor)|Vile]]
| Text editor
| POSIX ERE with extensions
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|GPL}} v2
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Vim (text editor)|Vim]]
| Text editor
| Vim
| Traditional NFA
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{free|GPL-compatible [[careware]]}}
|-
! Name
! Genre
! Regex flavor(s)
! Regex algorithm
! Windows
! OS X
! Cross-platform
! Software license
|}

== See also ==
* [[Comparison of regular expression engines]]
*[[Comparison of text editors]]

== References ==
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