# google/re2

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9,699 stars · 1,231 forks · C++ · BSD-3-Clause

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/google/re2
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/google-re2.md

## Description

RE2 is a fast, safe, thread-friendly alternative to backtracking regular expression engines like those used in PCRE, Perl, and Python. It is a C++ library.

## Tags

### Part of an Awesome List

- [Regular Expressions](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/awesome-lists/devtools/regular-expressions.md) — Safe, finite-state machine based library for efficient regex execution.