This is a list of notable parser generators for various language classes.
Regular languages
Context-free languages
Name |
Website |
Parsing Algorithm |
Output Languages |
Grammar / Code |
Lexer |
Development Platform |
IDE |
License
|
ACCENT |
[13] |
Earley |
C |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
GNU GPL
|
ANTLR |
[14] |
LL(*) |
C, C++, C#, Java, Python |
mixed |
generated |
Java Virtual Machine |
yes |
BSD
|
APaGeD |
[15] |
GLR, LALR(1), LL(k) |
D |
mixed |
generated |
all |
no |
Artistic
|
APG |
[16] |
Recursive Descent |
C, C++, JavaScript |
separate |
none |
all |
no |
GNU GPL
|
Beaver |
[17] |
LALR |
Java |
mixed |
external |
Java Virtual Machine |
no |
BSD
|
Bison |
[18] |
LALR, GLR |
C, C++, Java |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
GNU GPL
|
Bison++ |
[19] |
LALR(1) |
C++ |
mixed |
external |
POSIX |
no |
GNU GPL
|
Bisonc++ |
[20] |
LALR(1) |
C++ |
mixed |
external |
POSIX |
no |
GNU GPL
|
BtYacc |
[21] |
LALR |
C++ |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
public domain
|
byacc |
[22] |
LALR |
C |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
public domain
|
BYACC/J |
[23] |
LALR |
C, Java |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
public domain
|
CL-Yacc |
[24] |
LALR(1) |
Common Lisp |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
MIT
|
Coco/R |
[25] |
LL(k) |
C, C++, C#, F#, Java, Ada, Pascal, Modula-2, Oberon, Ruby, Unicon, Visual Basic .NET |
mixed |
generated |
Java Virtual Machine, .NET Framework |
no |
GNU GPL
|
CookCC |
[26] |
LALR(1) |
Java |
mixed |
generated |
Java Virtual Machine |
no |
BSD
|
CppCC |
[27] |
LL(k) |
C++ |
mixed |
generated |
POSIX |
no |
GNU GPL
|
CSP |
[28] |
LR(1) |
C++ |
separate |
generated |
POSIX |
no |
Apache License 2.0
|
CSTools |
[29] |
LALR |
C# |
mixed |
generated |
.NET Framework |
no |
proprietary
|
CUP |
[30] |
LALR |
Java |
mixed |
external |
Java Virtual Machine |
no |
GNU GPL
|
DMS Software Reengineering Toolkit |
[31] |
GLR |
Parlanse |
mixed |
generated |
Microsoft Windows |
no |
proprietary
|
DParser |
[32] |
Scannerless GLR |
C |
mixed |
generated |
POSIX |
no |
BSD
|
Dragon |
[33] |
LR(1), LALR |
C++, Java |
separate |
generated |
all |
no |
GNU GPL
|
Dypgen |
[34] |
runtime-extensible GLR |
OCaml |
mixed |
generated |
all |
no |
CeCILL-B
|
Elkhound |
[35] |
GLR |
C++, OCaml |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
BSD
|
eli |
[36] |
LALR |
C |
mixed |
generated |
POSIX |
no |
GNU GPL, GNU LGPL
|
Essence |
[37] |
LR |
Scheme 48 |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
BSD
|
eu.h8me.Parsing |
[38] |
GLR |
N/A (state machine is runtime generated) |
separate |
external |
.NET Framework |
no |
BSD
|
eyapp |
[39] |
LALR(1) |
Perl |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
Perl
|
Frown |
[40] |
LALR(k) |
Haskell 98 |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
GNU GPL
|
GDK |
[41] |
LALR(1), GLR |
C, Lex, Haskell, HTML, Java, Object Pascal, Yacc |
mixed |
generated |
POSIX |
no |
MIT
|
geyacc |
[42] |
LALR(1) |
Eiffel |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
MIT
|
GOLD |
[43] |
LALR |
x86 assembly language, ANSI C, C#, D, Java, Pascal, Object Pascal, Python, Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic .NET, Visual C++ |
separate |
generated |
Microsoft Windows |
yes |
freeware
|
GPPG |
[44] |
LALR |
C# |
separate |
external |
Microsoft Windows |
yes |
freeware
|
Grammatica |
[45] |
LL(k) |
C#, Java |
separate |
generated |
Java Virtual Machine |
no |
GNU LGPL
|
Happy |
[46] |
LALR, GLR |
Haskell |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
BSD
|
HiLexed |
[47] |
LL(*) |
Java |
separate |
internal |
Java Virtual Machine |
no |
GNU LGPL
|
Hyacc |
[48] |
LR(1), LALR(1), LR(0) |
C |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
GNU GPL
|
jacc |
[49] |
LALR |
Java |
mixed |
external |
Java Virtual Machine |
no |
BSD
|
JavaCC |
[50] |
LL(k) |
Java |
mixed |
generated |
Java Virtual Machine |
yes |
BSD
|
jay |
[51] |
LALR |
C#, Java |
mixed |
none |
Java Virtual Machine |
no |
BSD
|
JFLAP |
[52] |
LL(1) |
Java |
? |
? |
Java Virtual Machine |
yes |
?
|
JetPAG |
[53] |
LL(k) |
C++ |
mixed |
generated |
all |
no |
GNU GPL
|
JS/CC |
[54] |
LALR(1) |
JavaScript, JScript, ECMAScript |
mixed |
internal |
all |
yes |
Artistic
|
Kelbt |
[55] |
Backtracking LALR(1) |
C++ |
mixed |
generated |
POSIX |
no |
GNU GPL
|
kmyacc |
[56] |
LALR(1) |
C, Java, Perl, JavaScript |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
GNU GPL
|
Lapg |
[57] |
LALR |
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript |
mixed |
generated |
Java Virtual Machine |
no |
GNU GPL
|
Lemon |
[58] |
LALR |
C |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
public domain
|
Lime |
[59] |
LALR(1) |
PHP |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
GNU GPL
|
LISA |
[60] |
LR, LL, LALR, SLR |
Java |
mixed |
generated |
Java Virtual Machine |
yes |
public domain
|
LPG |
[61] |
Backtracking LALR(k) |
Java |
mixed |
generated |
Java Virtual Machine |
no |
EPL
|
LLgen |
[62] |
LL(1) |
C |
mixed |
external |
POSIX |
no |
BSD
|
LLnextgen |
[63] |
LL(1) |
C |
mixed |
external |
POSIX |
no |
GNU GPL
|
Menhir |
[64] |
LR(1) |
OCaml |
mixed |
generated |
all |
no |
QPL
|
Mini Parser Generator |
[65] |
? |
Python |
mixed |
generated |
all |
no |
GNU LGPL
|
ML-Yacc |
[66] |
LALR(1) |
ML |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
?
|
Monkey |
[67] |
LR(1) |
Java |
separate |
generated |
Java Virtual Machine |
no |
GNU GPL
|
More Than Parsing |
[68] |
LL(1) |
Java |
separate |
generated |
Java Virtual Machine |
no |
GNU GPL
|
ocamlyacc |
[69] |
LALR(1) |
OCaml |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
QPL
|
olex |
[70] |
LL(1) |
C++ |
mixed |
generated |
all |
no |
GNU GPL
|
Parsec |
[71] |
GLR |
Haskell |
mixed |
none |
all |
no |
BSD
|
Parse::Yapp |
[72] |
LALR(1) |
Perl |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
GNU GPL
|
Parser Objects |
? |
LL(k) |
Java |
mixed |
? |
Java Virtual Machine |
no |
zlib
|
PCCTS |
[73] |
LL |
C, C++ |
? |
? |
all |
no |
?
|
PLY |
[74] |
LALR(1) |
Python |
mixed |
generated |
all |
no |
MIT License
|
PRECC |
[75] |
LL(k) |
C |
separate |
generated |
MS-DOS, POSIX |
no |
GNU GPL
|
QLALR |
[76] |
LALR(1) |
C++ |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
GNU GPL
|
SableCC |
[77] |
LALR |
C, C++, C#, Java, OCaml, Python |
separate |
generated |
all |
no |
GNU LGPL
|
SmaCC |
[78] |
GLR(1), LALR(1), LR(1) |
Smalltalk |
mixed |
internal |
all |
yes |
MIT
|
SLK |
[79] |
LL(k) |
C, C++, C#, Java |
separate |
external |
all |
no |
proprietary
|
SPARK |
[80] |
Earley |
Python |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
MIT
|
Spirit |
[81] |
Recursive Descent |
C++ |
mixed |
internal |
all |
no |
Boost
|
Styx |
[82] |
LALR(1) |
C, C++ |
separate |
generated |
all |
no |
GNU LGPL
|
Sweet Parser |
[83] |
LALR(1) |
C++ |
separate |
generated |
Microsoft Windows |
no |
zlib
|
Tap |
[84] |
LL(1) |
C++ |
mixed |
generated |
all |
no |
GNU GPL
|
TextTransformer |
[85] |
LL(k) |
C++ |
mixed |
generated |
Microsoft Windows |
yes |
proprietary
|
Tom |
[86] |
GLR |
C |
generated |
none |
all |
no |
proprietary
|
TinyPG |
[87] |
LL(1) |
C#, Visual Basic |
? |
? |
Microsoft Windows |
yes |
CPOL 1.0
|
Toy Parser Generator |
[88] |
Recursive Descent |
Python |
mixed |
generated |
all |
no |
GNU LGPL
|
TP Yacc |
[89] |
LALR(1) |
Turbo Pascal |
mixed |
external |
all |
yes |
GNU GPL
|
UltraGram |
[90] |
LALR, LR, GLR |
C++, C#, Java, Visual Basic .NET |
separate |
generated |
Microsoft Windows |
yes |
proprietary
|
Yacc (AT&T) |
[91] |
LALR |
C |
mixed |
external |
POSIX |
no |
CPL
|
Yacc++ |
[92] |
LR(1), LALR(1) |
C++, C# |
mixed |
generated or external |
all |
no |
proprietary
|
Yapps |
[93] |
LL(1) |
Python |
mixed |
generated |
all |
no |
MIT
|
yecc |
[94] |
LALR(1) |
Erlang |
separate |
generated |
all |
no |
Erlang
|
Visual BNF |
[95] |
LR(1), LALR(1) |
C# |
separate |
generated |
.NET Framework |
yes |
proprietary
|
Visual Parse++ |
[96] |
LALR |
C, C++, C#, Java |
separate |
generated |
Microsoft Windows |
yes |
proprietary
|
YooParse |
[97] |
LR |
C++ |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
MIT
|
Whale |
[98] |
LR |
C++ |
mixed |
external |
all |
no |
proprietary
|
Wisent |
[99] |
LALR(1) |
C++, Java |
mixed |
external |
Java Virtual Machine |
no |
GNU GPL
|
Wormhole |
[100] |
Pruning (disambiguater), LR, GLR, Scannerless GLR |
C, Python |
mixed |
generated |
Microsoft Windows |
no |
MIT
|
Product |
Website |
Parsing Algorithm |
Output Languages |
Grammar / Code |
Lexer |
Development Platform |
IDE |
License
|
Parsing Expression Grammars
Miscellaneous language classes
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