#PCRE4J
PCRE4J: PCRE for Java
pcre4j.org
June 23, 2024 at 8:44 PM
pcre4j 1.0.0 is out. PCRE2 power for Java with a drop-in API.

Needed Perl-compatible regexes in Java. Didn't exist. Built it. Two years later, it's production-ready.

alexey-pelykh.com/blog/announc...
Announcing pcre4j 1.0.0: PCRE2 Power for Java with a Drop-In API
Java's regex engine hasn't changed since 2002. No recursive patterns, no JIT, no ReDoS protection. pcre4j brings PCRE2 to the JVM with a drop-in java.util.regex-compatible API.
alexey-pelykh.com
March 27, 2026 at 8:23 AM