# Install textdistance

Lots of algorithms to compare how similar two sequences are. Version 1.1.1 via Cargo; verified 2024-11-19.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cargo:textdistance
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install textdistance
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** cargo:textdistance
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager URL:** <https://crates.io/crates/textdistance>
- **Version:** 1.1.1
- **Source summary:** Lots of algorithms to compare how similar two sequences are
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/life4/textdistance.rs>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/textdistance/textdistance-1.1.1.crate>
- **Published:** 2024-11-19 08:27:17.40092+00
- **Last updated:** 2024-11-19 08:27:17.40092+00
- **Generated:** 2026-06-18T16:49:02+00:00

## Executables

- textdistance (binary): Declared by crates.io version metadata.

## Install Behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-18
- Package-manager version: 1.1.1

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for textdistance. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** crates.io database dump
- **Crate ID:** 583,911
- **Crate Size:** 38,330
- **Edition:** 2021
- **Has Lib:** yes
- **Num Versions:** 12
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Version ID:** 1,344,768

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - python3-textdistance - 4.6.3-7: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-textdistance from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Library for calculating distances between sequences | https://github.com/life4/textdistance
- Ubuntu apt - python3-textdistance - 4.6.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-textdistance from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Library for calculating distances between sequences | https://github.com/life4/textdistance


## Sources

- crates.io package index
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph