Decision Workspace
faster vs simsimd vs stringzilla
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
faster
growingv0.5.2
Explicit SIMD for humans
71
simsimd
stablev6.5.16
Portable mixed-precision BLAS-like vector math library for x86 and ARM
68
stringzilla
stablev4.6.1
Search, hash, sort, fingerprint, and fuzzy-match strings faster via SWAR, SIMD, and GPGPU
Core Metrics
| faster | simsimd | stringzilla | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 71 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 26.0K | 1.2M | 94.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 232.6K | 3.4K |
| Dependents | 1 | 447 | 26 |
| Releases | 14 | 104 | 88 |
| Last Updated | 1888d ago | 79d ago | 20d ago |
| Age | 8y 6m | 2y 4m | 2y 3m |
Health Breakdown
faster
Maintenance
4
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
simsimd
Maintenance
15
Quality
19
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
stringzilla
Maintenance
18
Quality
21
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| faster | simsimd | stringzilla | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.2 | 6.5.16 | 4.6.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MPL-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 66KB | 126KB | 509KB |
| Features | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 2.9% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.64 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •simsimd leads with a health score of 71/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •simsimd is depended on by 447 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ faster has not been updated in over a year.
- •faster is pre-1.0 — API may change.