Decision Workspace
cashmere vs kiddo vs rust-knn
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
34
cashmere
growingv0.0.1
Spatial search trees with a focus on online mutability, speed, performance guarantees, and flexibility
67
kiddo
stablev5.3.2
A high-performance, flexible, ergonomic k-d tree library. Ideal for geo- and astro- nearest-neighbour and k-nearest-neighbor queries
46
rust-knn
experimentalv0.1.2
A k-nearest neighbors classifier with brute-force and KD-tree search, with Python bindings via PyO3.
Core Metrics
| cashmere | kiddo | rust-knn | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 34 | 67 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 1.6K | 7.1M | 42 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 305.4K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 383 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 53 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 1097d ago | 13d ago | 23d ago |
| Age | 3y | 5y 3m | 23d |
Health Breakdown
cashmere
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
7
kiddo
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
10
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
rust-knn
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| cashmere | kiddo | rust-knn | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.1 | 5.3.2 | 0.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 39 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 22KB | 158KB | 21KB |
| Features | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.7% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •kiddo leads with a health score of 67/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •kiddo is depended on by 383 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ cashmere has not been updated in over a year.
- •cashmere, rust-knn are pre-1.0 — API may change.