Fastest, plain JavaScript-based, regexp escaping library for JavaScript, works in both Node.js and browser.
npm install fast-escape-regexpFastest (_2x to 3x faster than other libraries!_), plain JavaScript-based, HTML escaping library for JavaScript, works in all JavaScript Runtime (including browser and Node.js).
``bash`
npm install fast-escape-regexp
yarn add fast-escape-regexp
pnpm add fast-escape-regexp
`ts
import { escapeRegexp } from 'fast-escape-regexp';
// and you are good to go!
const escaped = escapeRegexp('https://skk.moe');
`
By default, all - characters in the input will be escaped with \x2d. This is to ensure compatibility with Unicode patterns (JavaScript RegExp with u flag), PCRE, and MongoDB. But this can sometimes cause trouble with other runtimes, languages, regex engines. You can disable escaping - with a second argument:
`ts
import { escapeRegexp } from 'fast-escape-regexp';
const escaped = escapeRegexp('-', /* Unicode Mode / false); // returns "-" instead of "\x2d"
`
The benchmark uses mitata against realworld regular expressions to measure performance.
`bashBefore running the benchmark, build the dist
The benchmark cases are run against the built files instead of the source files
pnpm i && pnpm run build
clk: ~3.22 GHz
cpu: Apple M2 Max
runtime: node 24.5.0 (arm64-darwin)benchmark avg (min … max) p75 / p99 (min … top 1%)
------------------------------------------- -------------------------------
• ascii puntuation pattern (copied from an older version of prettier source code) - !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_
hexo-util 564.00 ns/iter 594.90 ns █
(479.42 ns … 682.18 ns) 627.43 ns ▂ ▆▇██
(689.19 b … 1.07 kb) 896.23 b ▂▃▆█▇█▇▃▅█▆▆▄█████▅▃▂
6.23 ipc ( 1.18% stalls) 99.60% L1 data cache
1.74k cycles 10.85k instructions 35.19% retired LD/ST ( 3.82k)
escape-string-regexp 558.39 ns/iter 566.62 ns █
(497.75 ns … 1.35 µs) 851.55 ns ██▅
(759.21 b … 1.25 kb) 1.06 kb ▃████▄▄▅▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁
6.08 ipc ( 1.60% stalls) 99.56% L1 data cache
1.82k cycles 11.06k instructions 35.51% retired LD/ST ( 3.93k)
escape-regexp 551.08 ns/iter 559.84 ns ▄█ ▂▂
(515.25 ns … 658.15 ns) 631.84 ns █████▅
(603.50 b … 1.17 kb) 904.52 b ▄▅████████▆▂▂▂▂▅▂▄▂▁▂
6.39 ipc ( 1.23% stalls) 99.59% L1 data cache
1.88k cycles 12.04k instructions 34.80% retired LD/ST ( 4.19k)
lodash.escaperegexp 499.95 ns/iter 509.05 ns ▅▃█
(464.97 ns … 555.72 ns) 539.25 ns ▅██████▇█▇
(833.77 b … 1.05 kb) 840.96 b ▃▃▄▆████████████▆▄▄▂▄
6.11 ipc ( 1.18% stalls) 99.66% L1 data cache
1.69k cycles 10.31k instructions 34.97% retired LD/ST ( 3.61k)
regex-escape 498.82 ns/iter 505.44 ns █▆
(477.67 ns … 564.82 ns) 539.69 ns ██▂ ▄
(770.43 b … 896.61 b) 895.65 b ▁▁▂█████▆▆▅▆▄▃▂▂▃▃▂▁▂
6.36 ipc ( 1.21% stalls) 99.60% L1 data cache
1.70k cycles 10.81k instructions 35.24% retired LD/ST ( 3.81k)
• unix filesystem path - /var/folders/32/dt2h19+n4y7.55gya_b550l114514gn/T/tmp+dir/
------------------------------------------- -------------------------------
foxts/escape-string-regexp 151.90 ns/iter 154.57 ns ▆▂▇█
(141.46 ns … 277.17 ns) 187.91 ns █████▅
( 71.70 b … 664.24 b) 392.45 b ▇███████▆▄▃▂▂▂▁▂▂▂▂▂▂
5.21 ipc ( 0.72% stalls) 99.64% L1 data cache
516.88 cycles 2.69k instructions 24.58% retired LD/ST ( 662.37)
hexo-util 440.82 ns/iter 446.93 ns █
(412.32 ns … 774.97 ns) 545.79 ns ██▇█▂
(670.36 b … 0.99 kb) 920.16 b ▅▆█████▅▃▂▂▂▂▁▂▁▁▁▁▁▁
6.03 ipc ( 1.37% stalls) 99.53% L1 data cache
1.49k cycles 8.96k instructions 34.33% retired LD/ST ( 3.08k)
escape-string-regexp 262.59 ns/iter 267.63 ns █▃▅▂▄
(246.81 ns … 302.01 ns) 294.22 ns ██████▇▄
(273.90 b … 500.27 b) 312.68 b ▆▆▇████████▇▆▅▃▁▂▂▂▂▂
6.00 ipc ( 0.81% stalls) 99.69% L1 data cache
900.56 cycles 5.40k instructions 34.43% retired LD/ST ( 1.86k)
escape-regexp 445.22 ns/iter 451.17 ns █ ▂▆
(426.87 ns … 497.53 ns) 473.54 ns ██▄ ▇▅██▇
(690.42 b … 1.07 kb) 920.59 b ▁▂██████████▅▆▇▅▅▁▃▁▂
6.01 ipc ( 1.33% stalls) 99.54% L1 data cache
1.52k cycles 9.16k instructions 34.11% retired LD/ST ( 3.13k)
lodash.escaperegexp 264.88 ns/iter 268.78 ns █▃
(251.16 ns … 313.19 ns) 291.54 ns ▂███
( 82.50 b … 404.25 b) 200.48 b ▃▄▂████████▄▃▅▂▂▁▂▂▁▂
5.88 ipc ( 0.50% stalls) 99.84% L1 data cache
905.56 cycles 5.33k instructions 32.79% retired LD/ST ( 1.75k)
regex-escape 455.36 ns/iter 443.40 ns █
(414.93 ns … 1.33 µs) 1.06 µs ▄█
(670.59 b … 970.00 b) 920.04 b ██▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁
5.94 ipc ( 1.32% stalls) 99.53% L1 data cache
1.51k cycles 8.96k instructions 34.32% retired LD/ST ( 3.08k)
• hostname - https://blog.skk.moe
------------------------------------------- -------------------------------
foxts/escape-string-regexp 81.18 ns/iter 82.32 ns ▃ █
(74.87 ns … 144.73 ns) 106.32 ns ████▅
(139.12 b … 458.15 b) 296.50 b ▅█████▇▄▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▁▂▁▁▁▁
5.44 ipc ( 1.10% stalls) 99.49% L1 data cache
277.53 cycles 1.51k instructions 28.35% retired LD/ST ( 427.85)
hexo-util 218.37 ns/iter 221.56 ns █
(205.42 ns … 276.74 ns) 248.81 ns █ ▂
( 27.24 b … 376.24 b) 216.10 b ▂▁▂█████▆▅▄▂▃▂▂▁▁▂▁▁▁
6.20 ipc ( 0.77% stalls) 99.75% L1 data cache
739.09 cycles 4.58k instructions 35.73% retired LD/ST ( 1.64k)
escape-string-regexp 199.19 ns/iter 201.37 ns █
(188.83 ns … 236.77 ns) 228.97 ns █▆▂
(201.90 b … 430.27 b) 272.49 b ▁▁▄███▇▇▄▃▂▂▁▁▁▁▂▁▁▁▁
6.27 ipc ( 0.91% stalls) 99.71% L1 data cache
675.86 cycles 4.24k instructions 36.46% retired LD/ST ( 1.54k)
escape-regexp 256.46 ns/iter 260.62 ns █ ▄
(242.88 ns … 299.41 ns) 285.79 ns █▆█▅▆▄▄
(262.18 b … 628.31 b) 448.16 b ▃▅▄███████▇▄▃▃▂▂▂▁▂▁▁
6.20 ipc ( 1.15% stalls) 99.67% L1 data cache
874.60 cycles 5.42k instructions 35.45% retired LD/ST ( 1.92k)
lodash.escaperegexp 197.20 ns/iter 199.82 ns █ ▄
(189.64 ns … 249.64 ns) 219.58 ns ███▆█▆▂
( 7.36 b … 354.12 b) 160.36 b ▁████████▇▅▄▃▂▂▂▁▁▁▁▁
6.04 ipc ( 0.60% stalls) 99.85% L1 data cache
670.44 cycles 4.05k instructions 34.82% retired LD/ST ( 1.41k)
regex-escape 219.16 ns/iter 223.45 ns █▅▅
(205.19 ns … 259.71 ns) 251.04 ns ██████
( 63.61 b … 434.11 b) 216.43 b ▇▇████████▇▆▅▃▂▂▂▂▁▁▁
6.19 ipc ( 0.78% stalls) 99.76% L1 data cache
740.71 cycles 4.58k instructions 35.72% retired LD/ST ( 1.64k)
• url with query - https://api.example.com/file/upload?name=foo.txt&decompress=false
------------------------------------------- -------------------------------
foxts/escape-string-regexp 181.91 ns/iter 184.62 ns █▄▃▄
(169.97 ns … 239.65 ns) 212.53 ns █████▇
(201.59 b … 649.75 b) 488.55 b ▄▇███████▆▅▃▃▂▂▂▂▁▂▂▁
5.48 ipc ( 0.63% stalls) 99.74% L1 data cache
621.90 cycles 3.41k instructions 24.34% retired LD/ST ( 829.55)
hexo-util 390.84 ns/iter 394.93 ns ▄█▅
(363.33 ns … 782.84 ns) 528.18 ns ███▇▂
(281.86 b … 683.36 b) 496.20 b ▃█████▄▂▁▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁
5.96 ipc ( 1.00% stalls) 99.62% L1 data cache
1.30k cycles 7.78k instructions 33.99% retired LD/ST ( 2.64k)
escape-string-regexp 311.77 ns/iter 316.40 ns ▄▃▂ █
(293.31 ns … 389.13 ns) 345.75 ns ███████▃
(250.44 b … 796.33 b) 544.21 b ▃▄▆████████▇▆▃▂▃▃▂▃▂▂
6.03 ipc ( 1.17% stalls) 99.60% L1 data cache
1.05k cycles 6.34k instructions 34.22% retired LD/ST ( 2.17k)
escape-regexp 482.61 ns/iter 489.37 ns ▃█▃▂▇
(454.04 ns … 546.76 ns) 520.09 ns ▃██████▆ ▂
(654.62 b … 0.98 kb) 927.91 b ▃▇▅▄██████████▅▅▃▅▃▃▂
6.01 ipc ( 1.28% stalls) 99.51% L1 data cache
1.64k cycles 9.83k instructions 33.96% retired LD/ST ( 3.34k)
lodash.escaperegexp 309.11 ns/iter 316.29 ns ▃▅█▇▆█▄▂▂
(290.89 ns … 359.02 ns) 343.23 ns ▅▃██████████▃
( 83.75 b … 652.41 b) 432.24 b █████████████▄█▆▂▂▂▃▁
5.85 ipc ( 0.92% stalls) 99.73% L1 data cache
1.05k cycles 6.12k instructions 33.17% retired LD/ST ( 2.03k)
regex-escape 383.97 ns/iter 391.35 ns █
(360.71 ns … 474.80 ns) 427.82 ns ▅██▅▃▃
(121.46 b … 699.36 b) 496.21 b ▃▇███████▇▇▆▅▅▅▃▂▂▃▁▂
5.96 ipc ( 1.00% stalls) 99.63% L1 data cache
1.30k cycles 7.77k instructions 34.00% retired LD/ST ( 2.64k)
```