Decision Workspace
similar-string vs near-facsimile vs strsim
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
54
similar-string
growingv1.4.3
Find similar strings in Rust
48
near-facsimile
growingv1.0.9
Find similar or identical text files in a directory
56
strsim
growingv0.11.1
Implementations of string similarity metrics. Includes Hamming, Levenshtein, OSA, Damerau-Levenshtein, Jaro, Jaro-Winkler, and Sørensen-Dice.
Core Metrics
| similar-string | near-facsimile | strsim | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 54 | 48 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 35.4K | 13.7K | 696.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 2.6K | 16 | 45.2M |
| Dependents | 57 | 0 | 9.4K |
| Releases | 8 | 12 | 25 |
| Last Updated | 1326d ago | 339d ago | 724d ago |
| Age | 3y 7m | 3y 7m | 11y 1m |
Health Breakdown
similar-string
Maintenance
10
Quality
21
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
near-facsimile
Maintenance
8
Quality
17
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
strsim
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| similar-string | near-facsimile | strsim | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.4.3 | 1.0.9 | 0.11.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 3KB | 23KB | 14KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | — | 1.78 | 1.56 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •strsim leads with a health score of 56/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •strsim is depended on by 9.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ similar-string, strsim have not been updated in over a year.
- •strsim is pre-1.0 — API may change.