Decision Workspace
regex-anre vs pcre2 vs regexr
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
regex-anre
growingv1.1.0
regex-anre is a brand new and full-featured regex engine for Rust with JIT and ANRE language support.
54
pcre2
growingv0.2.11
High level wrapper library for PCRE2.
47
regexr
experimentalv0.1.2
A high-performance regex engine built from scratch with JIT compilation and SIMD acceleration
Core Metrics
| regex-anre | pcre2 | regexr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 54 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 1.8K | 1.4M | 862 |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 119.7K | 490 |
| Dependents | 0 | 215 | 11 |
| Releases | 2 | 14 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 456d ago | 183d ago | 12d ago |
| Age | 1y 4m | 7y 7m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
regex-anre
Maintenance
6
Quality
19
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
pcre2
Maintenance
8
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
regexr
Maintenance
18
Quality
6
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| regex-anre | pcre2 | regexr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.0 | 0.2.11 | 0.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MPL-2.0 | Unlicense OR MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 74KB | 32KB | 1.2MB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 36.4% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •pcre2 leads with a health score of 54/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •pcre2 is depended on by 215 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ regex-anre has not been updated in over a year.
- •pcre2, regexr are pre-1.0 — API may change.