Decision Workspace
diffsitter vs sem-core vs syndiff
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
diffsitter
growingv0.9.0
An AST based difftool for meaningful diffs
45
sem-core
experimentalv0.3.12
Entity-level semantic diff engine. Extracts functions, classes, and methods from 20 languages via tree-sitter and diffs at the entity level.
41
syndiff
experimentalv0.2.0
Standalone library that implements a structural diff algorithm inspired by Difftastic
Core Metrics
| diffsitter | sem-core | syndiff | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 45 | 41 |
| Total Downloads | 52.2K | 331 | 216 |
| 30d Downloads | 111 | 332 | 134 |
| Dependents | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Releases | 32 | 4 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 335d ago | 8d ago | 71d ago |
| Age | 5y 8m | 13d | 2m |
Health Breakdown
diffsitter
Maintenance
8
Quality
9
Community
5
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
sem-core
Maintenance
13
Quality
10
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
syndiff
Maintenance
10
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| diffsitter | sem-core | syndiff | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.0 | 0.3.12 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 36 | 30 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 8.7MB | 51KB | 18KB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •sem-core leads with a health score of 45/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •diffsitter has the most downloads (52.2K), suggesting wider adoption.