Replacements for grapheme-splitter / graphemer

Intl.Segmenter (native)

Intl.Segmenter is the modern native JavaScript API for text segmentation, available in Node.js 16+, Chrome 87+, Safari 14.1+, and Firefox 132+.

import GraphemeSplitter from 'grapheme-splitter'

const splitter = new GraphemeSplitter() 
const segmenter = new Intl.Segmenter() 

const graphemes = splitter.splitGraphemes(text) 
const graphemes = [...segmenter.segment(text)].map(s => s.segment) 

const count = splitter.countGraphemes(text) 
const count = [...segmenter.segment(text)].length

unicode-segmenter

unicode-segmenter is a lightweight, fast alternative with zero dependencies and excellent browser compatibility.

import GraphemeSplitter from 'grapheme-splitter'
import { countGraphemes, splitGraphemes } from 'unicode-segmenter/grapheme'

const splitter = new GraphemeSplitter() 

const graphemes = splitter.splitGraphemes(text) 
const graphemes = [...splitGraphemes(text)] 

const count = splitter.countGraphemes(text) 
const count = countGraphemes(text) 

You can also use it as an Intl.Segmenter polyfill:

import 'unicode-segmenter/intl-polyfill'

const segmenter = new Intl.Segmenter()
const graphemes = [...segmenter.segment(text)].map(s => s.segment)