JavaScript RegExp Engine Compatibility References

Compatibility reference of all built-in grammars with the JavaScript RegExp engine.

Generated on Sunday, November 17, 2024

Version 1.23.0

Runtime: Node.js v22.11.0

Report Summary

	Count
Total Languages	215
Supported	192
Mismatched	10
Unsupported	13

Supported Languages

Languages that work with the JavaScript RegExp engine, and will produce the same result as the WASM engine (with the sample snippets in the registry). In some edge cases, it's not guaranteed that the the highlighting will be 100% the same. If that happens, please create an issue with the sample snippet.

Language	Highlight Match	Patterns Parsable	Patterns Failed	Diff
abap	✅ OK	51	-
actionscript-3	✅ OK	57	-
angular-html	✅ OK	670	-
angular-ts	✅ OK	779	-
apache	✅ OK	60	-
apl	✅ OK	917	-
applescript	✅ OK	152	-
ara	✅ OK	54	-
asciidoc	✅ OK	262	-
asm	✅ OK	297	-
astro	✅ OK	613	-
awk	✅ OK	36	-
ballerina	✅ OK	230	-
bash	✅ OK	148	-
bat	✅ OK	58	-
berry	✅ OK	18	-
bibtex	✅ OK	19	-
bicep	✅ OK	27	-
blade	✅ OK	1126	-
c	✅ OK	177	-
cadence	✅ OK	71	-
cairo	✅ OK	80	-
clarity	✅ OK	43	-
clj	✅ OK	38	-
clojure	✅ OK	38	-
cmake	✅ OK	23	-
cobol	✅ OK	863	-
codeowners	✅ OK	4	-
codeql	✅ OK	151	-
coffee	✅ OK	469	-
common-lisp	✅ OK	60	-
coq	✅ OK	25	-
crystal	✅ OK	1067	-
css	✅ OK	141	-
csv	✅ OK	1	-
cue	✅ OK	85	-
cypher	✅ OK	39	-
d	✅ OK	270	-
dart	✅ OK	72	-
dax	✅ OK	23	-
desktop	✅ OK	16	-
diff	✅ OK	16	-
docker	✅ OK	7	-
dotenv	✅ OK	9	-
dream-maker	✅ OK	56	-
edge	✅ OK	632	-
elixir	✅ OK	708	-
elm	✅ OK	244	-
emacs-lisp	✅ OK	153	-	22
erb	✅ OK	1312	-
erlang	✅ OK	147	-
fennel	✅ OK	31	-
fish	✅ OK	25	-
fluent	✅ OK	23	-
fortran-fixed-form	✅ OK	332	-
fortran-free-form	✅ OK	328	-
fsl	✅ OK	30	-
gdresource	✅ OK	157	-
gdscript	✅ OK	93	-
gdshader	✅ OK	39	-
genie	✅ OK	20	-
gherkin	✅ OK	19	-
gleam	✅ OK	26	-
glimmer-js	✅ OK	676	-
glimmer-ts	✅ OK	676	-
glsl	✅ OK	186	-
gnuplot	✅ OK	82	-
go	✅ OK	123	-
graphql	✅ OK	448	-
groovy	✅ OK	133	-
haml	✅ OK	562	-
handlebars	✅ OK	699	-
haxe	✅ OK	174	-
hcl	✅ OK	67	-
hjson	✅ OK	57	-
hlsl	✅ OK	52	-
html	✅ OK	611	-
http	✅ OK	753	-
hxml	✅ OK	182	-
hy	✅ OK	12	-
imba	✅ OK	516	-
ini	✅ OK	11	-
java	✅ OK	142	-
javascript	✅ OK	376	-
jinja	✅ OK	642	-
jison	✅ OK	421	-
json	✅ OK	19	-
json5	✅ OK	23	-
jsonc	✅ OK	19	-
jsonl	✅ OK	19	-
jsonnet	✅ OK	33	-
jssm	✅ OK	30	-
jsx	✅ OK	376	-
latex	✅ OK	283	-
lean	✅ OK	32	-
less	✅ OK	280	-
liquid	✅ OK	684	-
log	✅ OK	30	-
logo	✅ OK	9	-
lua	✅ OK	278	-
luau	✅ OK	88	-
make	✅ OK	51	-
marko	✅ OK	926	-
matlab	✅ OK	88	-
mdx	✅ OK	197	-
mipsasm	✅ OK	17	-
mojo	✅ OK	213	-
move	✅ OK	120	-
narrat	✅ OK	34	-
nextflow	✅ OK	32	-
nix	✅ OK	80	-
nushell	✅ OK	81	-
objective-c	✅ OK	223	-
objective-cpp	✅ OK	309	-
ocaml	✅ OK	178	-
pascal	✅ OK	23	-
perl	✅ OK	941	-
plsql	✅ OK	45	-
postcss	✅ OK	49	-
powerquery	✅ OK	30	-
powershell	✅ OK	88	-
prisma	✅ OK	26	-
prolog	✅ OK	26	-
proto	✅ OK	33	-
puppet	✅ OK	61	-
python	✅ OK	218	-
qml	✅ OK	408	-
qmldir	✅ OK	7	-
qss	✅ OK	31	-
r	✅ OK	71	-
racket	✅ OK	69	-	8
raku	✅ OK	52	-
reg	✅ OK	9	-
regexp	✅ OK	34	-
rel	✅ OK	17	-
riscv	✅ OK	36	-
ruby	✅ OK	1307	-
rust	✅ OK	89	-
sas	✅ OK	101	-
sass	✅ OK	69	-
scala	✅ OK	117	-
scheme	✅ OK	34	-
scss	✅ OK	234	-
shaderlab	✅ OK	87	-
shellscript	✅ OK	148	-
shellsession	✅ OK	150	-
smalltalk	✅ OK	35	-
solidity	✅ OK	102	-
soy	✅ OK	649	-
sparql	✅ OK	19	-
splunk	✅ OK	17	-
sql	✅ OK	67	-
ssh-config	✅ OK	12	-
stata	✅ OK	253	-
stylus	✅ OK	107	-
svelte	✅ OK	637	-
system-verilog	✅ OK	102	-
systemd	✅ OK	32	-
tasl	✅ OK	23	-
tcl	✅ OK	34	-
templ	✅ OK	673	-
terraform	✅ OK	68	-
tex	✅ OK	106	-
toml	✅ OK	44	-
ts-tags	✅ OK	997	-
tsv	✅ OK	1	-
tsx	✅ OK	376	-
turtle	✅ OK	15	-
twig	✅ OK	1984	-
typescript	✅ OK	363	-
typespec	✅ OK	80	-
typst	✅ OK	78	-
v	✅ OK	80	-
vala	✅ OK	20	-
vb	✅ OK	34	-
verilog	✅ OK	33	-
vhdl	✅ OK	82	-
viml	✅ OK	72	-
vue	✅ OK	692	-
vue-html	✅ OK	716	-
vyper	✅ OK	238	-
wasm	✅ OK	78	-
wenyan	✅ OK	18	-
wgsl	✅ OK	44	-
wikitext	✅ OK	104	-
wolfram	✅ OK	501	-
xml	✅ OK	169	-
xsl	✅ OK	171	-
yaml	✅ OK	48	-
zenscript	✅ OK	21	-
zig	✅ OK	51	-
zsh	✅ OK	148	-

Table Field Explanations

• Highlight Match: Whether the highlighting results matched with the WASM engine for the sample snippet.
• Patterns Parsable: Number of regex patterns that can be parsed by the JavaScript RegExp engine.
• Patterns Failed: Number of regex patterns that can't be parsed by the JavaScript RegExp engine (throws error).
• Diff: Length of characters that are different between the highlighting results of the two engines.

Mismatched Languages

Languages that do not throw with the JavaScript RegExp engine, but will produce different results than the WASM engine. Please use with caution.

Language	Highlight Match	Patterns Parsable	Patterns Failed	Diff
apex	🚧 Mismatch	187	-	236
beancount	🚧 Mismatch	39	-	171
haskell	🚧 Mismatch	157	-	39
kotlin	🚧 Mismatch	58	-	1953
kusto	🚧 Mismatch	60	-	40
mermaid	🚧 Mismatch	129	-	38
nginx	🚧 Mismatch	378	-	4
php	🚧 Mismatch	1131	-	605
po	🚧 Mismatch	23	-	423
pug	🚧 Mismatch	686	-	164

Unsupported Languages

Languages that throw with the JavaScript RegExp engine, either because they contain syntax we can't polyfill yet or because the grammar contains an invalid Oniguruma regex (that would also fail when using the WASM engine, but silently). You can try these languages with the forgiving option to skip errors, but usually it's best to use the Oniguruma engine instead.

Language	Highlight Match	Patterns Parsable	Patterns Failed	Diff
ada	✅ OK	201	1
julia	✅ OK	1166	2
fsharp	✅ OK	236	3
nim	✅ OK	1123	3
rst	🚧 Mismatch	1855	2	62
hack	❌ Error	947	1	114
purescript	❌ Error	72	1	42
cpp	❌ Error	510	2	8
csharp	❌ Error	306	3	204
markdown	❌ Error	115	3	857
swift	❌ Error	326	3	40
mdc	❌ Error	779	4
razor	❌ Error	952	5	22