commonregex
Find all dates, times, emails, phone numbers, links, emails, ip addresses, prices, bitcoin address, and street addresses in a string.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
No, unless you are maintaining legacy code that already depends on it. The package is abandoned (last release 2014, no commits since April 2023) and offers no maintenance or security updates. For new projects, use a maintained regex library or a specialized parser that handles modern formats and edge cases better. High install friction and lack of active development make this a poor choice for new work.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Package is English/US specific; behavior with other locales or date formats is not supported.
- High install friction with no runtime dependencies.
- Package is abandoned—last release was August 2014, over a decade ago, with no commits since April 2023.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license is permissive and imposes no restrictions on use, modification, or distribution.
last release 2014-08-29 (4368 days) · last repo commit 2023-04-20 · 1,583 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 90,454 downloads/mo, #13,585 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
from commonregex import CommonRegex
parser = CommonRegex("Email me at test@example.com or call (519)-236-2723")
print(parser.emails)
print(parser.phones)- Whether regex patterns remain accurate for modern email, URL, and phone number formats.
- Compatibility with current Python versions (requires_python is unspecified in metadata).
- Whether false positives or false negatives in pattern matching are acceptable for your use case.
What it is and what it does
CommonRegex is a regex-based text parser that extracts structured data—dates, times, emails, phone numbers, URLs, IP addresses, prices, and similar patterns—from unstructured strings. It provides a simple object-oriented interface: instantiate a CommonRegex object with text, then access properties like .emails, .phones, .dates to retrieve matches. Alternatively, pass text to individual methods on a reusable parser instance.
The package is abandoned and has received no updates since 2014. It carries no runtime dependencies, making installation lightweight, but the regex patterns are fixed and English/US-specific. For modern use, you should verify that its patterns handle current URL schemes, email formats, and phone number conventions in your target region, and consider whether a maintained alternative better suits your needs.
Use it for
- Extract contact information (emails, phone numbers) from user-submitted text or documents for validation or indexing.
- Parse timestamps and dates from log files or chat messages to identify when events occurred.
- Identify URLs in social media posts or user comments to detect linked resources.
- Scrape structured data like IP addresses or prices from plain-text reports or web content.
- Validate or categorize text fields in forms by detecting whether they contain recognizable patterns.
Worth the install?
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No, unless you are maintaining legacy code that already depends on it.
The package is abandoned (last release 2014, no commits since April 2023) and offers no maintenance or security updates. For new projects, use a maintained regex library or a specialized parser that handles modern formats and edge cases better. High install friction and lack of active development make this a poor choice for new work.
Install
commonregex on PyPI
Before you install
High install friction with no runtime dependencies. Package is abandoned—last release was August 2014, over a decade ago, with no commits since April 2023. Development status is Beta. Consider this a legacy tool; active maintenance is not expected.
Package is English/US specific; behavior with other locales or date formats is not supported.
License in practice
MIT license is permissive and imposes no restrictions on use, modification, or distribution.
Quickstart
from commonregex import CommonRegex
parser = CommonRegex("Email me at test@example.com or call (519)-236-2723")
print(parser.emails)
print(parser.phones)Verify before relying
- Whether regex patterns remain accurate for modern email, URL, and phone number formats.
- Compatibility with current Python versions (requires_python is unspecified in metadata).
- Whether false positives or false negatives in pattern matching are acceptable for your use case.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | High. Source build required |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Abandoned 4,368 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 90,454 / month, #13,585 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 4 - Beta |
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