regexplain is a terminal interface for explaining and visualizing regular expressions.
It parses patterns into a simplified syntax tree and generates human-readable descriptions of their components.
The software lets you test expressions against entered text or the contents of a file.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Explains and visualizes regular expressions.
- Generates a description tree showing the components of a pattern.
- Colourises patterns to match their descriptions.
- Tests patterns against text or files.
- Terminal and command-line modes.
- Restore previous terminal sessions.
- Keyboard and mouse navigation.
- Vim-style navigation for the description tree.
- Emacs-style editing key bindings.
- Copy patterns to the clipboard.
- Supports Rust-flavoured regular expressions.
Website: github.com/kapilpokhrel/regexplain
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Developer: Kapil Pokhrel
License: MIT License
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