Decision Workspace
hyperscan-rs vs pcre vs safe-regex
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
35
hyperscan-rs
growingv0.1.0
High-performance regular expression matching library
43
pcre
growingv0.2.3
Rust wrapper for libpcre.
43
safe-regex
growingv0.3.0
Safe regular expression library
Core Metrics
| hyperscan-rs | pcre | safe-regex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 35 | 43 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 1.1K | 49.7K | 1.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 163 | 83.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 10 | 191 |
| Releases | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| Last Updated | 539d ago | 3543d ago | 711d ago |
| Age | 1y 5m | 10y 10m | 5y 1m |
Health Breakdown
hyperscan-rs
Maintenance
2
Quality
16
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
pcre
Maintenance
6
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
safe-regex
Maintenance
4
Quality
11
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| hyperscan-rs | pcre | safe-regex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.2.3 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT/Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 1KB | 17KB | 12KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 30.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | — | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pcre leads with a health score of 43/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •safe-regex has the most downloads (1.6M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •safe-regex is depended on by 191 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ hyperscan-rs, pcre, safe-regex have not been updated in over a year.