https://github.com/ticky/ruby-emoji-regex

💎 A set of Ruby regular expressions for matching Unicode Emoji symbols.
https://github.com/ticky/ruby-emoji-regex

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💎 A set of Ruby regular expressions for matching Unicode Emoji symbols.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/ticky/ruby-emoji-regex
Owner: ticky
License: mit
Created: 2017-07-05T04:45:51.000Z (over 8 years ago)
Default Branch: develop
Last Pushed: 2026-01-13T06:28:25.000Z (about 2 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-01-23T21:40:17.662Z (about 1 month ago)
Topics: emoji, regex, regexp, regular-expression, unicode
Language: Ruby
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Watchers: 2
Forks: 3
Open Issues: 8
Releases: 11
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md

Ruby Emoji Regex 💎

A Ruby regular expression for matching Unicode Emoji symbols.

Background

This is based upon the fantastic work from Mathias Bynens' emoji-test-regex-pattern package. emoji-test-regex-pattern is cleverly assembled based upon data from the Unicode Consortium.

The regular expressions provided herein are derived from that package.

Installation

gem install emoji_regex

Usage

emoji_regex provides the EmojiRegex::Regex regular expression, which matches emoji, as defined by the Unicode standard's emoji-test data file.

Example

require 'emoji_regex'

text = <<TEXT
\u{231A}: ⌚ default Emoji presentation character (Emoji_Presentation)
\u{2194}\u{FE0F}: ↔️ default text presentation character with Emoji variation selector
\u{1F469}: 👩 Emoji modifier base (Emoji_Modifier_Base)
\u{1F469}\u{1F3FF}: 👩🏿 Emoji modifier base followed by a modifier
TEXT

text.scan EmojiRegex::Regex do |emoji|
  puts "Matched sequence #{emoji} — code points: #{emoji.length}"
end

Console output:

Matched sequence ⌚ — code points: 1
Matched sequence ⌚ — code points: 1
Matched sequence ↔️ — code points: 2
Matched sequence ↔️ — code points: 2
Matched sequence 👩 — code points: 1
Matched sequence 👩 — code points: 1
Matched sequence 👩🏿 — code points: 2
Matched sequence 👩🏿 — code points: 2

Note: The above code and output are verified as part of the spec suite.

Development

Requirements

Ruby
Node (v6 or newer)
Yarn

Initial setup

To install all the Ruby and Javascript dependencies, you can run:

bin/setup

To update the Ruby source files based on the emoji-regex library:

bundle exec rake regenerate

Specs

A spec suite is provided, which can be run as:

bundle exec rake spec

Versioning Policy

Since Version 14.0.0, Ruby Emoji Regex's versions have followed that of the Unicode standard itself.

Ruby Emoji Regex is based upon the emoji-test-regex-pattern package.

If a patch revision of emoji-test-regex-pattern is released, and if its changes affect the Ruby port meaningfully, a version will be released with the same or greater patch version.
If a change is required to correct a bug specific to the Ruby port, the patch number will be incremented.

Ruby Compatibility Policy

While Ruby Emoji Regex uses features which should function on any Ruby version, it is explicitly intended to work on MRI Ruby versions which are currently within normal maintenance according to the Ruby team.

Creating a release

Update the version in emoji_regex.gemspec
rake release

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Name: Jessica Stokes
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gem.coop: emoji_regex

A set of Ruby regular expressions for matching Unicode Emoji symbols.

Homepage: https://github.com/ticky/ruby-emoji-regex
Documentation: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/emoji_regex/
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 15.0.0 (published almost 3 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-03-01T10:34:38.760Z (2 days ago)
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rubygems.org: emoji_regex

A set of Ruby regular expressions for matching Unicode Emoji symbols.

Homepage: https://github.com/ticky/ruby-emoji-regex
Documentation: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/emoji_regex/
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 15.0.0 (published almost 3 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-27T23:01:10.111Z (3 days ago)
Versions: 13
Dependent Packages: 9
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Dependencies

package.json npm

emoji-test-regex-pattern 1.7.1 development

yarn.lock npm

emoji-test-regex-pattern 1.7.1

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rake = 13.0.6
rspec = 3.11.0

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rspec-core 3.11.0
rspec-expectations 3.11.0
rspec-mocks 3.11.0
rspec-support 3.11.0

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