Decision Workspace
simhash vs hamming-lsh vs strsim
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
56
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
56
strsim
growingv0.11.1
Implementations of string similarity metrics. Includes Hamming, Levenshtein, OSA, Damerau-Levenshtein, Jaro, Jaro-Winkler, and Sørensen-Dice.
Core Metrics
| simhash | hamming-lsh | strsim | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 56 | 45 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 663.2K | 7.7K | 696.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 331.4K | 38 | 46.8M |
| Dependents | 5 | 0 | 9.4K |
| Releases | 2 | 5 | 25 |
| Last Updated | 18d ago | 1709d ago | 724d ago |
| Age | 7y 7m | 4y 8m | 11y 1m |
Health Breakdown
simhash
Maintenance
14
Quality
17
Community
8
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
hamming-lsh
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
strsim
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| simhash | hamming-lsh | strsim | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 0.3.2 | 0.11.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 7KB | 14KB |
| Features | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | — |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.56 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •simhash leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •strsim has the most downloads (696.9M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •strsim is depended on by 9.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ hamming-lsh, strsim have not been updated in over a year.