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
tahoe
sequoia
sonoma
macOS on
Intel
sonoma
Linux ARM64
x86_64

Current versions:

stable 2025-11-05
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

abseil 20260107.1 C++ Common Libraries

Depends on when building from source:

cmake 4.2.3 Cross-platform make

Analytics:

Installs (30 days)
re2 7,187
Installs on Request (30 days)
re2 488
Build Errors (30 days)
re2 2
Installs (90 days)
re2 25,730
re2 --HEAD 1
Installs on Request (90 days)
re2 1,903
re2 --HEAD 1
Installs (365 days)
re2 118,415
re2 --HEAD 19
Installs on Request (365 days)
re2 10,295
re2 --HEAD 19