# francisrstokes/super-expressive

🦜 Super Expressive is a zero-dependency JavaScript library for building regular expressions in (almost) natural language

Repository: https://github.com/francisrstokes/super-expressive
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/super-expressive
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-07-05T06:32:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2241, "days_push": 789, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4612, forks 135 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:55.023374+00:00)

## What it is
Super Expressive is a zero-dependency JavaScript library for building regular expressions using a fluent, almost natural-language API. It produces standard JavaScript RegExp objects while keeping the resulting patterns readable and maintainable.

## Use cases
- build complex regexes without writing cryptic syntax
- make regular expressions readable for code review
- construct regexes programmatically with a fluent chainable API
- teach or learn regular expression concepts
- compose reusable regex subexpressions

## When to choose
- you want readable, maintainable regex construction in JavaScript
- you need a tiny zero-dependency library
- your team struggles with reading or writing raw regex

## When to avoid
- you need regex in a non-JavaScript language without a port
- you only need simple patterns where raw regex is fine
- you need maximum runtime performance for hot paths

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: parser, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages, text-editors
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: regex-builder, fluent-api, zero-dependency, javascript, natural-language, nodejs

## Member repositories
- francisrstokes/super-expressive (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:55.023374+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:19:42.673802+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/francisrstokes/super-expressive (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:55.023374+00:00, sha 1c0d37a8d7c8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.