Is similar safe to use?

similar has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (3.1.0). DepScope rates its health at 82/100 (low risk).

What is the latest version of similar?

The latest version of similar is 3.1.0, released 2026-04-11.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of similar.

No, similar is actively maintained. Latest release: 3.1.0 (2026-04-11).

Popular alternatives to similar in Cargo include: hashbrown, getrandom, windows-sys, syn.

similar is licensed under Apache-2.0.

cargov3.1.0

A diff library for Rust

License Apache-2.0permissive22 versions0 deps29,335,843 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 82/100)

Health breakdown0 – 100

25/25

maintenance

20/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

0/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

3

Contributors (12m)

3

Primary author dominance

95%

GitHub stars

1,254

single author dominance

Quality signals

OSS Criticality

0.74critical

Download trend

stable(0%)

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