Decision Workspace
distance-wasm vs textdistance vs str-distance
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
41
distance-wasm
experimentalv0.0.2
WebAssembly bindings for high-performance string distance and similarity algorithms
50
textdistance
growingv1.1.1
Lots of algorithms to compare how similar two sequences are
36
str-distance
growingv0.1.0
Distance metrics to evaluate distances between strings.
Core Metrics
| distance-wasm | textdistance | str-distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 41 | 50 | 36 |
| Total Downloads | 80 | 398.5K | 12.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 5 | 44.2K | 545 |
| Dependents | 0 | 87 | 0 |
| Releases | 3 | 12 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 131d ago | 493d ago | 2222d ago |
| Age | 4m | 3y 10m | 6y 1m |
Health Breakdown
distance-wasm
Maintenance
13
Quality
14
Community
3
Popularity
2
Documentation
9
textdistance
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
str-distance
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| distance-wasm | textdistance | str-distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.2 | 1.1.1 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 10KB | 38KB | 20KB |
| Features | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 58.3% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •textdistance leads with a health score of 50/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ textdistance, str-distance have not been updated in over a year.
- •distance-wasm, str-distance are pre-1.0 — API may change.