Decision Workspace
textdistance vs strsim vs fuzzt
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
textdistance
growingv1.1.1
Lots of algorithms to compare how similar two sequences are
56
strsim
growingv0.11.1
Implementations of string similarity metrics. Includes Hamming, Levenshtein, OSA, Damerau-Levenshtein, Jaro, Jaro-Winkler, and Sørensen-Dice.
50
fuzzt
growingv0.3.1
Implementations of string similarity metrics. Includes Hamming, Levenshtein, OSA, Damerau-Levenshtein, Jaro, Jaro-Winkler, and Sørensen-Dice.
Core Metrics
| textdistance | strsim | fuzzt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 56 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 398.5K | 696.9M | 782.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 44.2K | 46.8M | 126.2K |
| Dependents | 87 | 9.4K | 31 |
| Releases | 12 | 25 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 493d ago | 724d ago | 763d ago |
| Age | 3y 10m | 11y 1m | 2y 1m |
Health Breakdown
textdistance
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
strsim
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
16
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
fuzzt
Maintenance
4
Quality
18
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| textdistance | strsim | fuzzt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.1 | 0.11.1 | 0.3.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 38KB | 14KB | 18KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 58.3% | 4.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | — | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.56 | 1.70.0 |
| 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 9.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ textdistance, strsim, fuzzt have not been updated in over a year.
- •strsim, fuzzt are pre-1.0 — API may change.