Package

safe-regex

detect possibly catastrophic, exponential-time regular expressions

v2.1.1, 21 Oct 2019MITCommonJSTypes: None

$ npm install safe-regex

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 16.8m; +31% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 1; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 6 years ago; v2.1.1
GitHub stars: 194; 11 forks
Open issues / PRs: 8 / 3
Contributors: -
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.

16,836,550 downloads last week, 72,056,888 in the last month. The 12-month change of +31% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 09 in total
Latest version: 2.1.1, 21 Oct 20196 years ago
First published: 13 Jul 2013
Last push to GitHub: 1 Nov 20221,423 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 8
Open pull requests: 3
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 809

Major versions

v2 first release 2.0.0, 26 Oct 2018
v1 first release 1.0.0, 6 Feb 2015
v0 first release 0.0.0, 13 Jul 2013

Recent releases

Version	Published
2.1.1	21 Oct 2019
2.1.0	21 Oct 2019
2.0.2	25 Feb 2019
2.0.1	2 Nov 2018
2.0.0	26 Oct 2018
1.1.0	19 Mar 2015
1.0.0	6 Feb 2015
0.0.1	22 Nov 2013
0.0.0	13 Jul 2013

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 16 kB
Dependencies (1): regexp-tree

Install

npm install safe-regex

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/safe-regex@2.1.1/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/safe-regex@2.1.1/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/safe-regex@2.1.1

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

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