re2

Install command:
brew install re2

Alternative to backtracking PCRE-style regular expression engines

https://github.com/google/re2

License: BSD-3-Clause

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/re2.json

Formula code: re2.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
golden gate
tahoe
sequoia
sonoma
macOS on
Intel
sonoma
Linux ARM64
x86_64

Current versions:

stable 2025-11-05
head ⚡️ HEAD

Revision: 2

Depends on:

abseil 20260817.0 C++ Common Libraries

Depends on when building from source:

cmake 4.4.3 Cross-platform make

Analytics:

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Installs8,03622,10298,072
Installs (--HEAD)3719
Installs on Request5941,1275,376
Installs on Request (--HEAD)3312
Build Errors4