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Community Patterns

1

Coppie di cifre seguite da un carattere alfanumerico a fine stringa

Created·2026-03-14 09:27
Flavor·Python
Coppie di cifre seguite da un carattere alfanumerico a fine stringa
Submitted by anonymous
2

Almost universal anime filename matcher

Created·2026-03-07 18:37
Flavor·Python
matches anime filenames. such as Group] Name [Episode[Audiometa]others.ext supports NCOP, NCED, OP, ED, SP, SPnn, nn, nn.n, nn.n_vn mp4, mkv, srt, ass but you could add more. the episode must be written within a [] bracket. finally, this regex cannot cover all the cases and obviously have some issues, but it's fine under most cases. it is also a small regex practice for me.
Submitted by NullCompute0754
2

GHAS Custom Secret Scanning Regex for Password/Secret/API Key (Excludes ${...} and process.env)

Created·2026-03-06 15:52
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
This is a GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) Secret Scanning Custom Pattern I created to detect likely hardcoded credentials while reducing common false positives in code. Goal: detect assignments for these key names: password secret apikey / api_key / api-key Pattern regex: (?i)\b(password|secret|api[-]?key)\b\s[:=]\s(?!\s\$\{)(?!\sprocess\.env\b)(?:['"])?[A-Za-z0-9!@#$%^&()+=-]{5,}(?:['"])? What it should catch (examples): password: "ahsjdfahsjfhdjsahj" secret = 'kjfskahfsdhfj' apikey: ABCDE12345!@# (unquoted) What it tries NOT to catch (common false positives): password: ${password_somename} (template/variable placeholder) secret: ${VAULT_SECRET} password: process.env.DB_PASSWORD (env var reference, not a hardcoded secret) This is intended as a practical baseline; it won’t be perfect for every language/config style. If you have suggestions to improve the detection accuracy (reduce false positives/false negatives) for GHAS custom patterns, please share.
Submitted by GearoidMaguire
1

Flatten 1 line CSS

Created·2026-03-01 16:22
Updated·2026-03-01 17:35
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Finds CSS selectors that only contain one line and, using the substitution, flattens everything to be on the same line.
Submitted by anonymous
1

IP address

Created·2026-03-01 02:22
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Matches and verifies IP address. 192.168.0.1 Matches 999.999.9.9 Didn't match
Submitted by anonymous
1

Validate an IP

Created·2026-02-25 11:06
Updated·2026-02-25 11:11
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
52 character long regex to validate IP address.
Submitted by Karthik
1

number selector, with commas & decimals

Created·2026-02-12 05:04
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
selects numbers, with commas and decimals, like 1,234.56
Submitted by Bicorn
1

Smart outer parentheses selector with backslash escaping

Created·2026-02-10 03:26
Updated·2026-02-12 01:11
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Grabs the outer parentheses and contents taking into account inner parentheses enclosures
Submitted by bicorn
1

nexus/sonartype composer cleanup of unfinished package versions

Created·2026-02-05 13:05
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
matches composer packages with -alpha, -beta and -rc versionings
Submitted by Anna Damm
1

OmegaT Project Name (Pattern)

Created·2026-02-03 16:49
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Regex showing how to match the five parts in an OmegaT project name (named as per the internal convention at cApStAn), including labels for each captured group (each part in the name).
Submitted by msoutopico
2

Validate color with grb group

Created·2026-02-03 03:22
Updated·2026-02-04 03:36
Flavor·Golang
match: #aabbcc #abc (255,255,255) (255,255,255,255) 255,255,255 no match: #gggggg #ggg 256,256,256
Submitted by Doyoung
1

unnecessary closing HTML tags

Created·2026-01-27 19:15
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Selects the ` and ` tags from a string. You can probably do this with something easier, but this works
Submitted by Twineee
1

Door_Double

Created·2026-01-27 07:54
Updated·2026-01-28 10:27
Flavor·Python
Regex for Door_Double
Submitted by anonymous
1

ตรวจสอบพยัญชนะต้นตัวสะกดสระและวรรณยุกต์ไทย

Created·2026-01-22 01:36
Updated·2026-01-23 12:42
Flavor·ECMAScript (JavaScript)
ตรวจสอบพยัญชนะต้น (ต้องมี) ตรวจตัวสะกดสำหรับสระที่ต้องมี ตรวจสอบการวางสระและวรรณยุกต์ไทย หมายเหตุ การตรวจสอบตัวสะกดในภาษาไทยตรวจสอบได้ยากเพราะภาษาไทยเป็นภาษาที่เขียนติด ๆ กันไม่มีการแบ่งคำอย่างชัดเจนทำให้การอ่านภาษาไทยผู้อ่านต้องใช้ความหมายของคำในการตัดสินการอ่านแบ่งคำตามความเหมาะสมเช่นคำว่า "ตากลม" อาจอ่านเป็น "ตาก-ลม" ก็ได้ หรืออ่านเป็น "ตา-กลม"ก็ได้ ดังนั้นการเขียน Regex เพื่อทำการตรวจสอบอาจช่วยได้ระดับหนึ่ง อ่าจมีผิดบ้างถูกบ้าง แต่ก็ถือว่าเป็นเครื่องมือที่ใช้ช่วยเหลือในการตรวจสอบเพิ่มเติมได้ 80% ของความเป็นไปใด้ก็แล้วกันนะครับ หวังว่าการเขียนเพิ่มเติมส่วนนี้ จะมีประโยชน์บ้างไม่มากก็น้อย
Submitted by อธิปัตย์ ล้อวงศ์งาม
2

Secure Email Validation (OWASP-Aligned & DNS-Strict) (RFC 5322)

Created·2026-01-21 16:32
Updated·2026-01-21 16:36
Flavor·ECMAScript (JavaScript)
This regular expression provides a balance between RFC compliance and security-best-practices. It is designed to prevent injection vectors in legacy systems by using a restricted "safe" character subset recommended by the OWASP Validation Regex Repository. Pattern: ^A-Za-z0-9(?:\.A-Za-z0-9_+&-]+)*@(?:[A-Za-z0-9{0,61}[A-Za-z0-9])?\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,63}$ Key Features: Forced Alphanumeric Start: Prevents leading hyphens to avoid command injection vulnerabilities. Security Subset: Restricts special characters to _+&*- to prevent exotic character injections (e.g., pipes or backticks). No Quoted Strings: Forbids quoted strings to eliminate dangerous payloads containing spaces or backslashes. DNS Compliance: Enforces label lengths (1–63 characters) and prevents labels from starting or ending with hyphens. Whole String Anchoring: Uses ^ and $ to ensure the entire input is validated.
Submitted by Gor Sargsyan
1

Laravel Log (MonoLog) Print

Created·2026-01-21 14:51
Updated·2026-01-21 15:00
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Extracts the following fields from a Laravel Log print: Time Stamp (Date) Log Level (supports optional prefix (ie. local.DEBUG)) Log Message Exception | Context If an exception is detected, the file reference (file path + line number), and optional stacktrace are captured.
Submitted by Jerren
1

Poland PESEL

Created·2026-01-21 11:23
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Correct Poland PESEL base regex validator. Covers birth dates up to 2099 year. PESEL numbers are in YYMMDDXXXXX format, however, the month is adjusted based on what year people were born. People born from 1900-1999 has no adjustment, 2000-2099 is the month +20, 2100-2199 is +40, 2200-2299 is +60. For example, if someone was born December 16, 2016, their PESEL would be 163216XXXXX.
Submitted by @Sldmk
1

PLF4 Formular mit Komponente

Created·2026-01-21 07:52
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
PLF4
Submitted by anonymous
1

PLF3

Created·2026-01-21 07:38
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
PLF3
Submitted by anonym
1

PLF2

Created·2026-01-21 07:22
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
PLF2
Submitted by anonym
1

PLF1

Created·2026-01-21 07:20
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
plf1
Submitted by anonym
1

Wasser

Created·2026-01-20 20:24
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
hey das ist richtig coool oder?
Submitted by anonymous
1

Python -- Match container image reference parts

Created·2026-01-20 02:14
Updated·2026-01-20 02:28
Flavor·Python
This is a Python RE for matching different parts and combinations of various docker/container image references, as compatible with docker pull etc. Parts / Capture Groups image: # whole image repo: # everything but the tag/digest registry: # host+port host: port: name: # path within registry reference: # tag or digest (with : or @; I haven't bothered to figure out how to strip that yet) tag: digest: If it matches, it should match image, repo, and name at the very least.
Submitted by neal-ian
1

Check valid URI Scheme according to RFC2396

Created·2026-01-17 07:52
Flavor·Golang
Simple prefix matcher for validating URI Schemes according to [RFC2396, Section 3.1]( http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2396.html#3.5:~:text=well%20as%20%22http%22%29.-,scheme%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%3D%20alpha%20*%28%20alpha%20%7C%20digit%20%7C%20%22%2B%22%20%7C%20%22%2D%22%20%7C%20%22.%22%20%29,-Relative%20URI%20references) Go Playground: https://go.dev/play/p/vtYEugsNAfo
Submitted by Gwyneth Llewelyn
1

URL, URI format validation

Created·2026-01-16 16:16
Updated·2026-01-16 23:25
Flavor·ECMAScript (JavaScript)
URL, URI format validation
Submitted by Atipat Lorwongam
2

Regex Email Format

Created·2026-01-15 17:39
Updated·2026-01-16 23:26
Flavor·ECMAScript (JavaScript)
Used to check Email Format
Submitted by Atipat Lorwongam
1

ตรวจสอบวรรณยุกต์และสระในภาษาไทย (รองรับการลากเสียงอาาาา)

Created·2026-01-15 17:20
Updated·2026-01-23 07:30
Flavor·ECMAScript (JavaScript)
ตรวจสอบการใช้วรรณยุกต์และสระในภาษาไทย รองรับการใช้สระอาาาาาติดกันแบบลากเสียง ไม่ตรวจสอบพยัญชนะต้นและตัวสะกด
Submitted by อธิปัตย์ ล้อวงศ์งาม
1

ตรวจสอบวรรณยุกต์และสระในภาษาไทย

Created·2026-01-15 17:19
Updated·2026-01-23 07:29
Flavor·ECMAScript (JavaScript)
ใช้ตรวจสอบวรรณยุกต์และสระในภาษาไทย ไม่ตรวจสอบพยัญชนะต้นและตัวสะกด
Submitted by อธิปัตย์ ล้อวงศ์งาม
1

Match instagram URLs

Created·2026-01-13 23:29
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Matches instagram urls for posts, reels, and stories works on all flavors except rust
Submitted by User9684
1

Discord URL matching

Created·2026-01-13 23:19
Updated·2026-01-13 23:24
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
match every type of discord url with each useful part in a group pretty optimized, shouldnt be too harsh on your system should work in every flavor except rust because rust sucks lol
Submitted by User9684
1

Match Bible References

Created·2026-01-12 14:12
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
I've created this for a simple project of mine, it squishes every book of the Bible into a RegEx, with the full name, abbreviation, and abbreviation with a dot. Then, it matches the chapter and verse relatively simply.
Submitted by Twineee
1

cApStAn OmegaT flagged / disallowed text

Created·2026-01-11 22:28
Flavor·Java
Flagged / disallowed text expression used in cApStAn's build of OmegaT
Submitted by msoutopico
1

cApStAn OmegaT custom tags

Created·2026-01-11 22:26
Flavor·Java
Custom tags expression used in cApStAn's build of OmegaT
Submitted by msoutopico
1

Caculator seperator with groups

Created·2026-01-08 19:18
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Caculator seperator with groups
Submitted by CalcMan
1

Simple CSS Selector parser

Created·2025-12-31 14:18
Updated·2025-12-31 14:22
Flavor·ECMAScript (JavaScript)
Basic Regex for CSS Selector. Pseudo-Elements, Combinators and other advanced stuff are not supported.
Submitted by anonymous
1

HP Prime

Created·2025-12-30 04:20
Updated·2025-12-30 15:37
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Extracts HP Prime PPL numbers.
Submitted by anonymous
1

Strings

Created·2025-12-30 04:09
Updated·2025-12-30 04:11
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Extracting strings defined in languages like C/C++ etc.
Submitted by Insoft
1

1

Created·2025-12-28 04:09
Flavor·Python
554
Submitted by anonymous
1

U.S. Phone Number

Created·2025-12-23 19:40
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Format validation for U.S. phone numbers with or without a country code and with various formatting and punctuation permissible.
Submitted by Nick
1

AoC 2025 Day 5

Created·2025-12-19 23:04
Flavor·Python
AoC 2025 Day 5 part 1 but also works for part 2. You just don't need the IDs at the bottom for part 2
Submitted by anonymous
1

Telephone validation regex - handles international codes, extensions, and formatting gracefully

Created·2025-12-19 21:17
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Search string for use in contact cleaning project $1 = intenational code, omitting preceding "+" $2 = area code $3 = first three digits of phone number $4 = last four digits of phone $5 = extension, inclusive of any commas or hashes to automate phone tree navigation TO DO handle recursive menus (e.g., "321-321-1234,,,1234#,,123344#....)
Submitted by Jason
1

Changes Log Tag verify for Languages Code sub-versioning

Created·2025-12-18 10:41
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Search for the occurence of the 3 following words: CHA, LOG and TAG. Should be in the above order sequence (but it also if works swapped).
Submitted by XrosaXasorX
1

Asw

Created·2025-12-17 05:38
Flavor·PCRE (Legacy)
``/^(?P0|1-9]\d)\.(?P0|[1-9]\d)\.(?P0|[1-9]\d)(?:-(?P(?:0|[1-9]\d|\d[a-zA-Z-)(?:\.(?:0|1-9]\d|\d[a-zA-Z-))))?(?:\+(?P[0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?$/gmsAD
Submitted by anonymous
1

DoubleQuote Enclosed CSV Field with Escaped DoubleQuote

Created·2025-12-11 12:04
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Extract field value of DoubleQuote Enclosed CSV Field with Escaped DoubleQuote The matching field value still contains escaped double quotes to be later processed :-)
Submitted by Alper YAZGAN
1

test

Created·2025-12-09 04:53
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
test
Submitted by anonymous
1

Text in between HTML tags and inside quotation marks within HTML tags

Created·2025-12-08 04:32
Flavor·ECMAScript (JavaScript)
Overview This Regular Expression shows any text between HTML tags or between quotation marks within the tags themselves. An example would be: <HTML lang="en", then selecting the 'en' from there. Group 1 is between tags, and group 2 is in the quotes. I recommend only using half of this regular expression, like the 'between tags' part, or the 'inside quotes part'. Explanation The whole regex is built of two alternates, the tags and quotes part. The tags part (the first part) starts with a lookbehind of a closing of a tag, then a lazy part that selects almost characters, and a lookahead that checks for the beginning of tag (so the text is between tags). The quotes part is built in a similar structure, where it looks behind for an open of a tag, .+ , then checking for an equals sign followed by a quotation mark. The middle section of the quotes part is again just searching for text, but also not including quotation marks. The lookahead checks for a closing quotation mark and that's it! Please comment any questions or email me.
Submitted by daniel@sabian.pro
1

Deucesanother

Created·2025-12-05 06:18
Flavor·PCRE (Legacy)
Fixwithpecra
Submitted by Deuces9ers
1

001

Created·2025-12-04 05:41
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
for Problem 2 - Fancy Barcodes
Submitted by anonymous
1

Regex for MusicBrainz Picard Plugin – Title Cleaner OST

Created·2025-11-28 16:26
Updated·2025-11-28 16:26
Flavor·Python
One of the regular expressions I use for my plugin Title Cleaner OST.
Submitted by nrth3rnlb
1

souly2

Created·2025-11-26 11:03
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
import React, { useState } from 'react'; // Example characters array as props for demonstration const charactersData = [ { name: 'Gandalf', isWizard: true }, { name: 'Harry', isWizard: true }, { name: 'Aragorn', isWizard: false } ]; // in der Component CharacterList function CharacterList({ characters }) { const [showOnlyWizards, setShowOnlyWizards] = useState(false); function handleFilterClick() { setShowOnlyWizards(!showOnlyWizards); } let visibleCharacters; if (showOnlyWizards) { visibleCharacters = characters.filter(function(character) { return character.isWizard === true; }); } else { visibleCharacters = characters; } return ( {showOnlyWizards ? 'Alle anzeigen' : 'Nur Zauberer anzeigen'} {visibleCharacters.map(function(character) { return {character.name}; })} ); } // in App.jsx export default function App() { return ; }
Submitted by anonymous

Community Library Entry

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Regular Expression
Created·2023-01-31 14:38
Updated·2023-07-23 20:17
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Recommended·

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(?<opening>\b(?<montage>[a-zA-Z]:[\/\\])|[\/\\][\/\\](?<!http:\/\/)(?<!https:\/\/)(?>[?.][\/\\](?:[^\/\\<>:"|?\n\r ]+[\/\\])?(?&montage)?|(?!(?&montage)))|%\w+%[\/\\]?)(?:[^\/\\<>:"|?\n\r ,'][^\/\\<>:"|?\n\r]*(?<![ ,'])[\/\\])*(?:(?=[^\/\\<>:"'|?\n\r;, ])(?:(?:[^\/\\<>:"|?\n\r;, .](?: (?=[\w\-]))?(?:\*(?!= ))?(?!(?&montage)))+)?(?:\.\w+)*)|(?:'(?&opening)(?=.*'\W|.*'$)(?:[^\/\\<>:'"|?\n\r]+(?:'(?=\w))?[\/\\]?)*')|"(?&opening)(?=.*")(?:[^\/\\<>:"|?\n\r]+[\/\\]?)*"
/
g
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Description

Get path (windows style) from any type of text (error message, e-mail corps ...), quoted or not.

THIS IS THE SINGLE LINE VERSION ! If you want understand how it work or edit it, go https://regex101.com/r/7o2fyy

  • Relative path are not supported
  • The goal is to catch what "Look like" a path. See the limitations
  • UNC path and prefix path like [//./], [//?/] or [//./UNC/] are allowed
  • some url path like [file:///C:/] or [file://] are allowed
  • Catch path quoted with ["] and [']. But these quotes are include with the catch
  • Quoted path is not concerned by limitations

Limitations : (only unquoted path)

  • [dot] and [space] is allowed, but not in a row [dot+space] or [space+dot]
  • [dot] at end of file name isn't catched
  • INSIDE A NAME FILE (or last directory if it is a path to a directory) :
    • [comma] is not supported (it stop the catch)
    • after a first [dot], any [space] stop the catch
    • after a [space], catch is stoped if next character is not a [letter], [digit] or [-]
    • so, double [space] stop the catch

Compatibility

  • compatible PCRE, PCRE2
  • AutoHotkey : don't forget to escape "%" in "`%"
  • /!\ Powershell and .Net /!\ : this regex need some modification to be interpreted by powershell. You have to replace each (?&CapturGroupName) by \k<CapturGroupName>. Use this powershell code to do this replacement : $powershellRegex = @' [Put here the regex to replace (?&CapturGroupName) with \k<CapturGroupName>] '@ -replace '\(\?&(\w+)\)', '\k<$1>' This example code must return : [Put here the regex to replace \k<CapturGroupName> with \k<CapturGroupName>]
Submitted by nitrateag