Decision Workspace
str-distance vs strsim vs rapidfuzz
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
38
str-distance
growingv0.1.0
Distance metrics to evaluate distances between strings.
56
strsim
growingv0.11.1
Implementations of string similarity metrics. Includes Hamming, Levenshtein, OSA, Damerau-Levenshtein, Jaro, Jaro-Winkler, and Sørensen-Dice.
50
rapidfuzz
growingv0.5.0
rapid fuzzy string matching library
Core Metrics
| str-distance | strsim | rapidfuzz | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 38 | 56 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 15.6K | 909.2M | 1.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 40.2M | 265.3K |
| Dependents | 3 | 11.7K | 274 |
| Releases | 1 | 25 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 2330d ago | 832d ago | 955d ago |
| Age | 6y 4m | 11y 5m | 6y 4m |
Health Breakdown
str-distance
Maintenance
1
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
strsim
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
rapidfuzz
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| str-distance | strsim | rapidfuzz | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.11.1 | 0.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 14KB | 193KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 4.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2018 | — | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.56 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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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 11.7K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ str-distance, strsim, rapidfuzz have not been updated in over a year.