Decision Workspace
lexir vs bm25 vs rankfns
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
54
lexir
experimentalv0.1.3
Lexical IR (BM25/TF-IDF) on top of postings lists.
58
bm25
growingv2.3.2
BM25 embedder, scorer, and search engine
56
rankfns
experimentalv0.1.3
IR ranking math kernels (no indexing): BM25/TF-IDF/LM transforms.
Core Metrics
| lexir | bm25 | rankfns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 54 | 58 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 56 | 1.8M | 178 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 333.2K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 123 | 7 |
| Releases | 4 | 17 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 49d ago | 260d ago | 49d ago |
| Age | 3m | 1y 8m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
lexir
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
bm25
Maintenance
10
Quality
19
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
rankfns
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| lexir | bm25 | rankfns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.3 | 2.3.2 | 0.1.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 15 | 12 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 32KB | 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 |
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Quick Verdict
- •bm25 leads with a health score of 58/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •bm25 is depended on by 123 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •lexir, rankfns are pre-1.0 — API may change.