strsim
v0.11.1 GrowingImplementations of string similarity metrics. Includes Hamming, Levenshtein, OSA, Damerau-Levenshtein, Jaro, Jaro-Winkler, and Sørensen-Dice.
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (9.4K crates depend on it)
- ✓Tiny footprint (14KB, 0 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
Security
Deep Insights
48.4M downloads in the last 30 days (1.6M/day), up 21% from the previous period.
9.4K crates depend on strsim. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
Despite being 11+ years old, strsim hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
strsim has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.
At 14KB, strsim is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include darling_core, clap_builder, docopt, mongodb, wezterm-dynamic. When high-quality crates choose strsim, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
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