Replacements for emoji-regex

emoji-regex-xs

emoji-regex-xs offers the same API and features whilst being 98% smaller.

import emojiRegex from 'emoji-regex'
import emojiRegex from 'emoji-regex-xs'

const text = `
\u{231A}: ⌚ default emoji presentation character (Emoji_Presentation)
\u{2194}\u{FE0F}: ↔️ default text presentation character rendered as emoji
\u{1F469}: 👩 emoji modifier base (Emoji_Modifier_Base)
\u{1F469}\u{1F3FF}: 👩🏿 emoji modifier base followed by a modifier
`

const regex = emojiRegex()
for (const match of text.matchAll(regex)) {
  const emoji = match[0]
  console.log(`Matched sequence ${emoji} — code points: ${[...emoji].length}`)
}

Unicode RegExp (native)

If your target runtime supports ES2024 Unicode property sets, you can use the native \p{RGI_Emoji} property in a regular expression. This relies on the engine's built‑in Unicode handling.

import emojiRegex from 'emoji-regex'

const regex = emojiRegex() 
const regex = /\p{RGI_Emoji}/gv

for (const match of text.matchAll(regex)) {
  const emoji = match[0]
  console.log(`Matched sequence ${emoji} — code points: ${[...emoji].length}`)
}