Decision Workspace
didyoumean vs liblevenshtein vs agnostic-levenshtein
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
didyoumean
growingv1.1.4
A CLI spelling corrector
47
liblevenshtein
experimentalv0.8.0
Levenshtein/Universal Automata for approximate string matching using various dictionary backends
44
agnostic-levenshtein
growingv0.1.3
Levenshtein distance for ASCII or Unicode strings
Core Metrics
| didyoumean | liblevenshtein | agnostic-levenshtein | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 47 | 44 |
| Total Downloads | 14.7K | 977 | 6.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 45 | 147 | 788 |
| Dependents | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 1191d ago | 96d ago | 410d ago |
| Age | 3y 11m | 4m | 1y 1m |
Health Breakdown
didyoumean
Maintenance
4
Quality
16
Community
7
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
liblevenshtein
Maintenance
14
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
agnostic-levenshtein
Maintenance
8
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| didyoumean | liblevenshtein | agnostic-levenshtein | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.4 | 0.8.0 | 0.1.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | GPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 16 | 45 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 129KB | 4.9MB | 3KB |
| Features | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.70 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •liblevenshtein leads with a health score of 47/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •didyoumean has the most downloads (14.7K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ didyoumean, agnostic-levenshtein have not been updated in over a year.
- •liblevenshtein, agnostic-levenshtein are pre-1.0 — API may change.