Package

ret

Tokenizes a string that represents a regular expression.

v0.5.0, 16 Mar 2023MITCommonJSTypes: BundledParsers and serialisers

$ npm install ret

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 30.9m; +90% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 3 years ago; v0.5.0
GitHub stars: 98; 21 forks
Open issues / PRs: 3 / 4
Contributors: 9
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

30,881,728 downloads last week, 142,545,866 in the last month. The 12-month change of +90% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 027 in total
Latest version: 0.5.0, 16 Mar 20233 years ago
First published: 21 Dec 2011
Last push to GitHub: 24 Jan 2026244 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 3
Open pull requests: 4
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 676

Major versions

v0 first release 0.1.0, 21 Dec 2011

Recent releases

Version	Published
0.5.0	16 Mar 2023
0.4.3	14 Mar 2023
0.4.2	11 Feb 2022
0.4.1	17 Jan 2022
0.4.0	11 Feb 2021
0.3.2	4 Jan 2021
0.3.1	8 Apr 2019
0.3.0	7 Apr 2019
0.2.2	23 Feb 2018
0.2.1	1 Nov 2017
0.2.0	29 Oct 2017
0.1.15	10 Aug 2017
0.1.14	3 Mar 2017
0.1.13	5 Dec 2016

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >=10
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 68 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install ret

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ret@0.5.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/ret@0.5.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/ret@0.5.0

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Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.