Decision Workspace
simhash vs hamming-lsh vs sketchir
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
53
simhash
growingv0.3.0
Simhash algorithm for 64-bit locality-sensitive hashing and similarity calculation
45
hamming-lsh
growingv0.3.2
Produces locality-sensitive hashes (LHS) for hamming-space bags of features
60
sketchir
experimentalv0.3.2
Sketching primitives for IR: minhash/simhash/LSH-style signatures.
Core Metrics
| simhash | hamming-lsh | sketchir | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 53 | 45 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 1.0M | 7.9K | 4.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 131.3K | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 5 | 0 | 26 |
| Releases | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| Last Updated | 77d ago | 1769d ago | 35d ago |
| Age | 7y 9m | 4y 10m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
simhash
Maintenance
11
Quality
17
Community
8
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
hamming-lsh
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
sketchir
Maintenance
17
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| simhash | hamming-lsh | sketchir | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 0.3.2 | 0.3.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 7KB | 40KB |
| Features | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.80 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •sketchir leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •simhash has the most downloads (1.0M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ hamming-lsh has not been updated in over a year.