# Oniguruma vs RegexBuddy

| Attribute | Oniguruma | RegexBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 57.6 (19% (low)) | 4.5 (15% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 2,523 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | - |
| description.long | Open-source regular expression library offering POSIX, GNU regex, and extended APIs with support for various character encodings. Available as a library for inclusion in programs on Linux, Unix, Cygwin, and Windows platforms. | RegexBuddy provides an integrated environment for working with regular expressions, offering testing and learning capabilities alongside automatic code snippet generation tailored to specific programming languages, and tools for organizing regex pattern libraries. |
| integrations.count | - | 2 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"AceText"},{"name":"PowerGREP"}]` |
| language.primary | C | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T21:10:07.180Z"}` | `{"type":"perpetual","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.regexbuddy.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T12:48:13.288Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | 9 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.10","date":"2025-01-01T01:48:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.9.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.9","date":"2023-10-14T12:02:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.9.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.8","date":"2022-04-29T04:51:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.9.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.7.1","date":"2021-04-15T08:31:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.9.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.7","date":"2021-04-14T07:31:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.9.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.7_rc1","date":"2021-03-31T01:39:52Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v6.9.7_rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.6","date":"2020-11-05T01:08:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.9.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.6_rc4","date":"2020-10-21T08:33:58Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v6.9.6_rc4"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.6_rc3","date":"2020-10-16T11:48:57Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v6.9.6_rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.6_rc2","date":"2020-10-09T09:31:33Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v6.9.6_rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.6_rc1","date":"2020-10-07T03:02:26Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v6.9.6_rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.5_rev1","date":"2020-04-26T07:38:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.9.5_rev1"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.5","date":"2020-04-20T09:09:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.9.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.5_rc2","date":"2020-04-12T09:29:50Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v6.9.5_rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.5_rc1","date":"2020-04-04T14:20:28Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v6.9.5_rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.4","date":"2019-11-29T04:38:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.9.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.4_rc3","date":"2019-11-22T04:26:02Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v6.9.4_rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.4_rc2","date":"2019-11-14T05:38:53Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v6.9.4_rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.4_rc1","date":"2019-11-05T05:30:21Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v6.9.4_rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/tag/v6.9.3","date":"2019-08-06T00:04:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v6.9.3"}]` | - |
| security.scorecard | 3.9 | - |

## Capabilities (Regex Tools)

| Capability | Oniguruma | RegexBuddy |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Redos resistant | - | - |
| Lookaround support | - | - |
| Backreferences | - | - |
| Unicode property escapes | - | - |
| Named captures | - | - |
| Multi pattern matching | - | - |
| Interface type | - | - |
| Visualization | - | - |
| Code generation | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:17:32.292Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*