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fastembed

v5.13.4 Stable

Library for generating vector embeddings, reranking locally.

Apache-2.0 Edition 2021

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 28d ago)
  • โœ“Stable API (5.x for 2+ years)
  • โœ“Massive adoption (2.1K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
1.2M
Dependents
2.1K
Releases
94
Size
438KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

276.5K downloads in the last 30 days (9.2K/day), up 22% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

2.1K crates depend on fastembed. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Single maintainer risk

fastembed has only 1 owner despite 2.1K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ€” consider the implications for long-term support.

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Stable for 2+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 2 years with 94 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include langchain-rust, swiftide-integrations, bkmr, rig-fastembed, dragon_db. When high-quality crates choose fastembed, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 17/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 20/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 10/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
8K/day avg+17%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v5.13.0
24%
v5.13.4
23%
v5.12.0
19%
v5.11.0
18%
v5.13.2
16%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["ort-download-binaries-native-tls", "hf-hub-native-tls", "image-models"]

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README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
13
direct dependencies
Dependents
2.1K
crates depend on fastembed