Decision Workspace
highway vs rapidhash vs twox-hash
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
58
highway
growingv1.3.0
Native Rust port of Google's HighwayHash, which makes use of SIMD instructions for a fast and strong hash function
74
rapidhash
stablev4.4.1
An extremely fast, high quality, platform-independent hashing algorithm.
66
twox-hash
growingv2.1.2
A Rust implementation of the XXHash and XXH3 algorithms
Core Metrics
| highway | rapidhash | twox-hash | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 58 | 74 | 66 |
| Total Downloads | 2.4M | 5.1M | 152.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 253.4K | 1.9M | 11.6M |
| Dependents | 397 | 527 | 4.4K |
| Releases | 21 | 20 | 22 |
| Last Updated | 440d ago | 35d ago | 205d ago |
| Age | 7y 6m | 1y 6m | 10y 10m |
Health Breakdown
highway
Maintenance
6
Quality
21
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
rapidhash
Maintenance
17
Quality
21
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
twox-hash
Maintenance
9
Quality
20
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| highway | rapidhash | twox-hash | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.3.0 | 4.4.1 | 2.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 31KB | 57KB | 36KB |
| Features | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9.1% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.71.0 | 1.81 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •rapidhash leads with a health score of 74/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •twox-hash has the most downloads (152.6M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •twox-hash is depended on by 4.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ highway has not been updated in over a year.