Decision Workspace
lexir vs bm25 vs rankfns
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
51
lexir
experimentalv0.1.2
Lexical IR (BM25/TF-IDF) on top of postings lists.
58
bm25
growingv2.3.2
BM25 embedder, scorer, and search engine
52
rankfns
experimentalv0.1.2
IR ranking math kernels (no indexing): BM25/TF-IDF/LM transforms.
Core Metrics
| lexir | bm25 | rankfns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 51 | 58 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 41 | 1.0M | 87 |
| 30d Downloads | 32 | 503.4K | 73 |
| Dependents | 0 | 54 | 5 |
| Releases | 3 | 17 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 18d ago | 201d ago | 18d ago |
| Age | 1m | 1y 6m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
lexir
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
bm25
Maintenance
11
Quality
19
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
rankfns
Maintenance
13
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| lexir | bm25 | rankfns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.2 | 2.3.2 | 0.1.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 29KB | 29KB | 11KB |
| Features | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.80 | — | 1.80 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Links
Quick Verdict
- •bm25 leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •lexir, rankfns are pre-1.0 — API may change.