Decision Workspace
diffsitter vs sem-core vs syndiff
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
diffsitter
growingv0.9.0
An AST based difftool for meaningful diffs
59
sem-core
experimentalv0.21.0
Entity-level semantic diff engine. Extracts functions, classes, and methods from 28 languages via tree-sitter and diffs at the entity level.
45
syndiff
experimentalv0.2.0
Standalone library that implements a structural diff algorithm inspired by Difftastic
Core Metrics
| diffsitter | sem-core | syndiff | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 59 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 52.4K | 6.6K | 772 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 925 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 91 | 16 |
| Releases | 32 | 45 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 443d ago | 3d ago | 179d ago |
| Age | 6y | 4m | 6m |
Health Breakdown
diffsitter
Maintenance
7
Quality
9
Community
5
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
sem-core
Maintenance
20
Quality
13
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
syndiff
Maintenance
11
Quality
12
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| diffsitter | sem-core | syndiff | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.9.0 | 0.21.0 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 36 | 45 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 8.7MB | 288KB | 18KB |
| Features | 4 | 40 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •sem-core leads with a health score of 59/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •diffsitter has the most downloads (52.4K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ diffsitter has not been updated in over a year.