This Babel plugin enables parsing of Unicode Sets syntax for regular expressions in JavaScript. It allows developers to use modern regular expression features, like character class set operations and properties of strings, before they're natively supported across all JavaScript environments. By enabling this plugin, you gain access to powerful regex matching capabilities, ensuring future-proof code while maintaining compatibility with older runtimes through Babel's transpilation process. Perfect for web app that needs regex functionalities.
@babel/plugin-syntax-unicode-sets-regex releases are infrequent. It had releases in February 2022 (version 7.17.0) and June 2022 (version 7.18.6). There were no releases between March 2022 and May 2022, and no releases from July 2022 through August 2025.
Downloads of @babel/plugin-syntax-unicode-sets-regex surged from March 2024 (35M) to a peak in July 2025 (83M). After a slight decrease in August 2025, September 2025 downloads are significantly lower (29M), likely due to the month not being complete yet. Overall, a clear upward trend is evident in the package's usage.