Decision Workspace
hwt vs sklears-neighbors vs hnsw
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
31
hwt
growingv0.4.2
Hamming Weight Tree for finding neighbors in Hamming space
59
sklears-neighbors
experimentalv0.1.0
Neighbor-based algorithms for sklears: k-NN, radius neighbors
48
hnsw
growingv0.11.0
Fast approximate nearest neighbors
Core Metrics
| hwt | sklears-neighbors | hnsw | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 31 | 59 | 48 |
| Total Downloads | 12.1K | 493 | 103.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 7 | 80 | 5.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 10 | 165 |
| Releases | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| Last Updated | 2524d ago | 7d ago | 1713d ago |
| Age | 7y | 5m | 6y 7m |
Health Breakdown
hwt
Maintenance
4
Quality
7
Community
3
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
sklears-neighbors
Maintenance
21
Quality
14
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
hnsw
Maintenance
6
Quality
12
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| hwt | sklears-neighbors | hnsw | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.2 | 0.1.0 | 0.11.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 11 | 13 | 22 |
| Crate Size | 19KB | 269KB | 27KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 62.5% | 0.0% | 4.5% |
| Edition | 2018 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.70 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Links
Quick Verdict
- •sklears-neighbors leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •hnsw has the most downloads (103.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •hnsw is depended on by 165 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ hwt, hnsw have not been updated in over a year.