Decision Workspace
nucleic-acid vs small-world-rs vs shardex
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
nucleic-acid
growingv0.1.1
Implementations of Suffix Array, Burrows-Wheeler Transform and FM-index
42
small-world-rs
growingv1.1.1
The easiest HNSW vector index you'll ever use
37
shardex
experimentalv0.1.0
A high-performance memory-mapped vector search engine with ACID transactions and incremental updates
Core Metrics
| nucleic-acid | small-world-rs | shardex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 42 | 37 |
| Total Downloads | 3.8K | 3.5K | 378 |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 75 | 3 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 3222d ago | 475d ago | 206d ago |
| Age | 8y 11m | 1y 3m | 6m |
Health Breakdown
nucleic-acid
Maintenance
3
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
11
small-world-rs
Maintenance
6
Quality
17
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
shardex
Maintenance
5
Quality
8
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| nucleic-acid | small-world-rs | shardex | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.1 | 1.1.1 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 4 | 10 | 34 |
| Crate Size | 13KB | 9KB | 714KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.70 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •small-world-rs leads with a health score of 42/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •nucleic-acid has the most downloads (3.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ nucleic-acid, small-world-rs have not been updated in over a year.
- •nucleic-acid, shardex are pre-1.0 — API may change.