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escape-string-regexp

Escape RegExp special characters

v5.0.0, 17 Apr 2021MITESM onlyTypes: None
$ npm install escape-string-regexp
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
271.5m
+73% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
0
Direct, from package.json
Last release
5 years ago
v5.0.0
GitHub stars
593
59 forks
Open issues / PRs
0 / 0
Contributors
8
Commits, last 52 weeks
1

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0100m200m300m400mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 359.7m (25 Aug 2026)Low 102.5m (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

271,455,085 downloads last week, 1,302,827,521 in the last month. The 12-month change of +73% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
010 in total
Latest version
5.0.0, 17 Apr 20215 years ago
First published
24 Jun 2014
Last push to GitHub
18 Sept 20266 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
0
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
1
Dependents on npm
5,367

Major versions

  1. v5 first release 5.0.0, 17 Apr 2021
  2. v4 first release 4.0.0, 23 Apr 2020
  3. v3 first release 3.0.0, 7 Apr 2020
  4. v2 first release 2.0.0, 17 Apr 2019
  5. v1 first release 1.0.0, 24 Jun 2014

Recent releases

VersionPublished
5.0.017 Apr 2021
4.0.023 Apr 2020
3.0.07 Apr 2020
2.0.017 Apr 2019
1.0.521 Feb 2016
1.0.419 Dec 2015
1.0.322 Feb 2015
1.0.213 Sept 2014
1.0.112 Jul 2014
1.0.024 Jun 2014

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=12
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
3.6 kB
Dependencies (0)
None

Install

npm install escape-string-regexp

CDN

jsDelivr: 178.1k requests in 30 days
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/escape-string-regexp@5.0.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/escape-string-regexp@5.0.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/escape-string-regexp@5.0.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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