Regex Tester

Test regular expressions against sample text without sending your patterns or test data to an online service.

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Regex Tester in Developer Tools Pro
Regex Tester in DevT Pro
What it does

Test a regex against real text.

Enter a regular expression, provide sample text, and inspect the resulting matches while building or debugging a pattern.

See what matches

Test a pattern against your sample input and quickly see whether it behaves as expected.

Iterate quickly

Change the expression or test data while refining patterns for validation, extraction, search, or text processing.

Test sensitive data locally

Your patterns and test strings stay on your device.

Example

From pattern to matches

Enter a pattern, paste test text, and see exactly what the expression matches.

Pattern Regex
\b[\w.%+-]+@[\w.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,}\b
Test text Text
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Common uses

When a Regex Tester is useful

01

Input validation

Test patterns used for emails, identifiers, filenames, URLs, codes, or other structured input.

02

Extracting data

Check expressions designed to find particular values inside logs, responses, documents, or application text.

03

Debugging existing regex

Paste a pattern from your codebase and test it against smaller examples before changing application code.

Local first

Test production-like data without uploading it.

Regex debugging often involves logs, application output, customer-generated text, internal identifiers, and other data you may not want to send to a third-party website. DevT Pro lets you test patterns locally.

No internet required
No account required
No telemetry
No test-data uploads
Questions

Regex Tester FAQ

Does Regex Tester work offline?
Yes. Regex testing is performed locally on your device.
Is my test text uploaded anywhere?
No. DevT Pro does not need to upload your test input to run the regex.
What can I use Regex Tester for?
It can help when developing patterns for validation, matching, extraction, search, and other text-processing tasks.
Which platforms support Regex Tester?
Regex Tester is included with DevT Pro on macOS, Windows and iPadOS.
Is Regex Tester a separate application?
No. It is included as part of DevT Pro's collection of 120+ developer tools.
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