# Hyperscan vs PCRE2

| Attribute | Hyperscan | PCRE2 |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 58 (19% (low)) | 44.4 (27% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 2 | 33 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 129 |
| adoption.github_stars | 5,475 | 1,341 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source C library using hybrid automata techniques to efficiently match large numbers of regular expressions across data streams. Typically used in deep packet inspection (DPI) applications. | A free regular expression matching library that implements Perl 5 syntax with extensive Unicode and character encoding support. It offers both traditional backtracking and JIT-compiled matching engines, available through native and POSIX-compatible APIs. |
| integrations.count | - | 2 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Exim"},{"name":"Nginx"}]` |
| language.primary | C++ | C |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T21:11:38.903Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.pcre.org/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T21:07:09.586Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | 77 | 50 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v5.4.2","date":"2023-04-19T09:39:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v5.4.1","date":"2023-02-21T15:00:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v5.4.0","date":"2021-01-13T08:42:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v5.3.0","date":"2020-05-25T08:04:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v5.2.1","date":"2019-10-30T09:35:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v5.2.0","date":"2019-08-13T07:24:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v5.1.1","date":"2019-04-10T07:43:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v5.1.0","date":"2019-01-31T02:12:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v5.0.0","date":"2018-07-09T09:32:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v4.7.0","date":"2018-01-23T23:21:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v4.6.0","date":"2017-09-22T05:24:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v4.5.2","date":"2017-07-26T06:14:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v4.5.1","date":"2017-06-16T00:12:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v4.5.0","date":"2017-06-09T00:21:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v4.4.1","date":"2017-03-01T02:15:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v4.4.0","date":"2017-01-20T03:22:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v4.3.2","date":"2016-11-14T23:19:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v4.3.1","date":"2016-08-29T03:54:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v4.2.1","date":"2016-08-29T04:47:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/intel/hyperscan/releases/tag/v4.3.0","date":"2016-08-24T04:35:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.3.0"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.48-RC1","date":"2026-08-25T14:44:44Z","type":"prerelease","version":"pcre2-10.48-RC1"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.47","date":"2025-10-21T09:52:48Z","type":"stable","version":"pcre2-10.47"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.46","date":"2025-08-27T16:45:55Z","type":"stable","version":"pcre2-10.46"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.45","date":"2025-02-05T09:09:01Z","type":"stable","version":"pcre2-10.45"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.45-RC1","date":"2024-12-27T07:53:11Z","type":"prerelease","version":"pcre2-10.45-RC1"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.44","date":"2024-06-07T14:13:37Z","type":"stable","version":"pcre2-10.44"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.43","date":"2024-02-16T17:15:57Z","type":"stable","version":"pcre2-10.43"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.43-RC1","date":"2023-12-28T16:41:04Z","type":"prerelease","version":"pcre2-10.43-RC1"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.42","date":"2022-12-12T17:24:44Z","type":"stable","version":"pcre2-10.42"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.41","date":"2022-12-06T17:10:13Z","type":"stable","version":"pcre2-10.41"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.40","date":"2022-04-15T16:05:35Z","type":"stable","version":"pcre2-10.40"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.39","date":"2021-10-29T16:16:41Z","type":"stable","version":"pcre2-10.39"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.38","date":"2021-10-01T15:53:58Z","type":"stable","version":"pcre2-10.38"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.38-RC1","date":"2021-08-31T16:30:14Z","type":"prerelease","version":"pcre2-10.38-RC1"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.37","date":"2021-08-22T10:52:04Z","type":"stable","version":"pcre2-10.37"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.36","date":"2022-01-24T14:14:28Z","type":"stable","version":"pcre2-10.36"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.35","date":"2022-01-24T14:17:46Z","type":"stable","version":"pcre2-10.35"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.34","date":"2022-01-25T16:23:42Z","type":"stable","version":"pcre2-10.34"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.33","date":"2022-01-25T16:25:27Z","type":"stable","version":"pcre2-10.33"},{"url":"https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/tag/pcre2-10.32","date":"2022-01-25T16:26:41Z","type":"stable","version":"pcre2-10.32"}]` |
| security.scorecard | 5.1 | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=pcre2&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Regex Tools)

| Capability | Hyperscan | PCRE2 |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Redos resistant | - | - |
| Lookaround support | - | - |
| Backreferences | - | - |
| Unicode property escapes | - | - |
| Named captures | - | - |
| Multi pattern matching | - | - |
| Interface type | - | - |
| Visualization | - | - |
| Code generation | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:16:05.021Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*