Decision Workspace
kitoken vs tokenizers vs tokie
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
kitoken
growingv0.10.1
Fast and versatile tokenizer for language models, supporting BPE, Unigram and WordPiece tokenization
60
tokenizers
growingv0.22.2
Provides an implementation of today's most used tokenizers, with a focus on performances and versatility.
56
tokie
experimentalv0.0.7
Blazingly fast tokenizer - 50x faster tokenization, 10x smaller model files, 100% accurate drop-in replacement for HuggingFace
Core Metrics
| kitoken | tokenizers | tokie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 60 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 37.4K | 12.7M | 170 |
| 30d Downloads | 7.0K | 2.0M | 171 |
| Dependents | 7 | 3.6K | 4 |
| Releases | 2 | 39 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 463d ago | 115d ago | 2d ago |
| Age | 1y 3m | 6y 7m | 5d |
Health Breakdown
kitoken
Maintenance
6
Quality
16
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
tokenizers
Maintenance
12
Quality
12
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
tokie
Maintenance
19
Quality
13
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| kitoken | tokenizers | tokie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.10.1 | 0.22.2 | 0.0.7 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | BSD-2-Clause | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 23 | 33 | 15 |
| Crate Size | 44KB | 186KB | 129KB |
| Features | 20 | 6 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 2.6% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.82.0 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tokenizers leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tokenizers is depended on by 3.6K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ kitoken has not been updated in over a year.