@formatjs/icu-messageformat-parser

MessageFormat Parser

Hand-written ICU MessageFormat parser with compatible output as intl-messageformat-parser but 6 - 10 times as fast.

Benchmarks

JavaScript/TypeScript Parser

$ bazel run //packages/icu-messageformat-parser/benchmark:benchmark
complex_msg AST length 2599
normal_msg AST length 400
simple_msg AST length 79
string_msg AST length 36

complex_msg: 21.39 µs (48,112 ops/sec)
normal_msg:   3.10 µs (337,642 ops/sec)
simple_msg:   0.54 µs (1,910,194 ops/sec)
string_msg:   0.15 µs (7,461,955 ops/sec)

Rust Parser (WASM)

The Rust parser (optimized build) is 2.3-3.5x faster than the JavaScript parser:

$ bazel run -c opt //crates/icu_messageformat_parser:parser_bench -- --bench --output-format bencher
complex_msg:  9.43 µs (2.27x faster than JS)
normal_msg:   1.18 µs (2.63x faster than JS)
simple_msg:   153 ns  (3.55x faster than JS)
string_msg:   59 ns   (2.47x faster than JS)

The Rust parser is also faster than the SWC ICU MessageFormat parser in this benchmark, ranging from 6% faster on normal_msg to 2.14x faster on string_msg.

Similar packages

Other packages similar to @formatjs/icu-messageformat-parser

intl-messageformat-parser

This package is a predecessor of @formatjs/icu-messageformat-parser and offers similar functionality for parsing ICU MessageFormat strings. However, @formatjs/icu-messageformat-parser is more up-to-date and maintained by the FormatJS team.

messageformat

Messageformat is a more comprehensive library that not only parses ICU MessageFormat strings but also compiles them into functions that can be used for formatting messages. It provides a higher-level API compared to @formatjs/icu-messageformat-parser.

intl-messageformat

Intl-messageformat is another library from the FormatJS suite that builds on top of the parsing capabilities to provide a full message formatting solution. It uses the parser internally but exposes a higher-level API for formatting operations.