Decision Workspace
tree-edit-distance vs cinereus vs treediff
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
tree-edit-distance
growingv0.4.0
Find the lowest cost sequence of edits between two trees
60
cinereus
experimentalv1.1.0
GumTree-style tree diffing with Chawathe edit script generation
55
treediff
growingv5.0.0
Find the difference between arbitrary data structures
Core Metrics
| tree-edit-distance | cinereus | treediff | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 60 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 24.5K | 905 | 19.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 4.8K | 111 | 759.7K |
| Dependents | 21 | 13 | 70 |
| Releases | 4 | 14 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 1228d ago | 23d ago | 730d ago |
| Age | 5y 10m | 3m | 9y 1m |
Health Breakdown
tree-edit-distance
Maintenance
6
Quality
13
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
cinereus
Maintenance
18
Quality
17
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
treediff
Maintenance
4
Quality
21
Community
10
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| tree-edit-distance | cinereus | treediff | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 1.1.0 | 5.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT/Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 9KB | 33KB | 20KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.90 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •cinereus leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •treediff has the most downloads (19.6M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ tree-edit-distance, treediff have not been updated in over a year.
- •tree-edit-distance is pre-1.0 — API may change.