Decision Workspace
safe_unaligned_simd vs simsimd vs lin_alg
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
61
safe_unaligned_simd
experimentalv0.2.5
Safe SIMD wrappers for unaligned load and store operations.
71
simsimd
stablev6.5.16
Portable mixed-precision BLAS-like vector math library for x86 and ARM
68
lin_alg
stablev1.4.2
Vector, matrix, and quaternion operations for general purposes
Core Metrics
| safe_unaligned_simd | simsimd | lin_alg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 61 | 71 | 68 |
| Total Downloads | 56.9K | 1.2M | 29.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 22.4K | 232.6K | 0 |
| Dependents | 173 | 447 | 131 |
| Releases | 9 | 104 | 48 |
| Last Updated | 86d ago | 79d ago | 42d ago |
| Age | 10m | 2y 4m | 1y 6m |
Health Breakdown
safe_unaligned_simd
Maintenance
14
Quality
17
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
simsimd
Maintenance
15
Quality
19
Community
15
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
lin_alg
Maintenance
17
Quality
21
Community
12
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| safe_unaligned_simd | simsimd | lin_alg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.5 | 6.5.16 | 1.4.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 53KB | 126KB | 36KB |
| Features | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 2.9% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.88 | 1.64 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •simsimd leads with a health score of 71/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •simsimd is depended on by 447 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •safe_unaligned_simd is pre-1.0 — API may change.