Decision Workspace
oxibonsai-tokenizer vs riptoken vs tokenizers
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
53
oxibonsai-tokenizer
experimentalv0.1.4
Pure Rust BPE tokenizer for OxiBonsai (MeCrab-compatible)
53
riptoken
experimentalv0.3.0
Fast BPE tokenizer for LLMs — a faster, drop-in compatible reimplementation of tiktoken
64
tokenizers
growingv0.23.1
Provides an implementation of today's most used tokenizers, with a focus on performances and versatility.
Core Metrics
| oxibonsai-tokenizer | riptoken | tokenizers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 53 | 53 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 286 | 3.9K | 17.0M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 3.8K | 2.5M |
| Dependents | 18 | 0 | 5.5K |
| Releases | 5 | 8 | 40 |
| Last Updated | 9d ago | 44d ago | 28d ago |
| Age | 1m | 1m | 6y 9m |
Health Breakdown
oxibonsai-tokenizer
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
riptoken
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
tokenizers
Maintenance
16
Quality
12
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| oxibonsai-tokenizer | riptoken | tokenizers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.4 | 0.3.0 | 0.23.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 9 | 33 |
| Crate Size | 83KB | 41KB | 196KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.5% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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Quick Verdict
- •tokenizers leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •tokenizers is depended on by 5.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.