instant-distance
Library Archived
Fast minimal implementation of HNSW maps for approximate nearest neighbors searches
- Downloads
- 96,520
- Dependents
- 36
- Stars
- 343
- Forks
- 32
- Contributors
- 8
- Commits
- 266
- Latest release
- 0.6.1 ·
Why Archived
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About
Instant Distance: fast HNSW indexing
Instance Distance is a fast pure-Rust implementation of the Hierarchical Navigable Small Worlds paper by Malkov and Yashunin for finding approximate nearest neighbors. This implementation powers the Instant Domain Search backend services used for word vector indexing.
What it does
Instant Distance is an implementation of a fast approximate nearest neighbor search algorithm. The algorithm is used to find the closest point(s) to a given point in a set. As one example, it can be used to make simple translations.
Using the library
Rust
[dependencies]
instant-distance = "0.5.0"
Read the full README
Example
use instant_distance::{Builder, Search};
fn main() {
let points = vec![Point(255, 0, 0), Point(0, 255, 0), Point(0, 0, 255)];
let values = vec!["red", "green", "blue"];
let map = Builder::default().build(points, values);
let mut search = Search::default();
let cambridge_blue = Point(163, 193, 173);
let closest_point = map.search(&cambridge_blue, &mut search).next().unwrap();
println!("{:?}", closest_point.value);
}
#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
struct Point(isize, isize, isize);
impl instant_distance::Point for Point {
fn distance(&self, other: &Self) -> f32 {
// Euclidean distance metric
(((self.0 - other.0).pow(2) + (self.1 - other.1).pow(2) + (self.2 - other.2).pow(2)) as f32)
.sqrt()
}
}
Testing
Rust:
cargo t -p instant-distance --all-features
Python:
make test-python
Compatibility
- Runs on
- GPU support unknown
What shows it
- no dependency or feature matches a backend row
- Native code
- None found
- No native code found
- Python bindings
- No Python binding crate found
- License
- Apache-2.0 OR MIT
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| Project | Downloads | Dependents | Stars | Latest release | Runs on (GPU) | Native code | License |
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96,520 downloads over 30 days | 36 | 343 | 0.6.1 | GPU support unknown | No native code found | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
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Measurements and sources
Each signal row shows the raw value, its source and the fetch date. The Sources list gathers every distinct source on this page. Movement needs more history.
Sources6 sources
- Description: the crates.io description
- crates.io database dump, fetched
- RustSec advisory database, fetched
- GitHub repository, fetched
- crates.io package, fetched
- GitHub contributors, fetched
Adoption29 active dependents, 26 new dependents in 365 days1 not measured
| Signal | Value | Source | Fetched | Counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active dependents | 29 | crates.io database dump | Yes | |
| New dependents (365 days) | 26 | crates.io database dump | Yes | |
| Peak active dependents | 29 | crates.io database dump | Yes | |
| Active dependents as a share of the peak | 1 | crates.io database dump | Yes | |
| Binary downloads per release | Not measured | Yes |
MaintenanceLatest human commit: 5 months ago3 not measured
| Signal | Value | Source | Fetched | Counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest human commit | 2026-06-12 | GitHub repository | Yes | |
| Latest release | 2023-06-26 | crates.io database dump | Yes | |
| First release | 2021-02-01 | crates.io database dump | Yes | |
| Latest version | 0.6.1 | crates.io database dump | Yes | |
| Days the oldest outside issue waits for a reply | 1122 | GitHub repository | Yes | |
| Maintainer replies over 365 days | 0 | GitHub repository | Yes | |
| Repository archived | true | GitHub repository | Yes | |
| Repository gone | false | GitHub repository | Yes | |
| Release commit or manifest in the repo | true | crates.io package | Yes | |
| Published docs | true | crates.io database dump | Yes | |
| Latest release fails cargo check | Not measured | Yes | ||
| Build check date | Not measured | Yes | ||
| Build check toolchain | Not measured | Yes |
SecurityUnpatched vulnerabilities: none
| Signal | Value | Source | Fetched | Counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unpatched vulnerabilities past the grace window | none | RustSec advisory database | Yes | |
| RustSec unmaintained advisory | none | RustSec advisory database | Yes | |
| Deprecation notice | none | crates.io database dump | Yes | |
| Deprecated requirement | none | crates.io database dump | Yes |
Distribution11 releases, 96,520 downloads over 30 days5 not measured
| Signal | Value | Source | Fetched | Counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Releases | 11 | crates.io database dump | Yes | |
| Downloads over 30 days | 96520 | crates.io database dump | Yes | |
| Binary downloads over the last 3 releases | Not measured | Yes | ||
| Homebrew installs on request over 365 days | Not measured | Yes | ||
| Repology repository families | Not measured | Yes | ||
| Docker pull growth over 90 days | Not measured | Yes | ||
| Docker pulls at the growth baseline | Not measured | Yes | ||
| Every version a prerelease | false | crates.io database dump | Yes | |
| Every version 0.0.x | false | crates.io database dump | Yes | |
| Every version yanked | false | crates.io database dump | Yes | |
| Crate deleted from crates.io | false | crates.io database dump | Yes |
Repository343 stars, 32 forks, 8 contributors, 266 commits. Stars alone never qualify a project.
| Signal | Value | Source | Fetched | Counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 343 | GitHub repository | Yes — one part of the repository route | |
| GitHub forks | 32 | GitHub repository | Yes — one part of the repository route | |
| Contributors with a GitHub account | 8 | GitHub contributors | Yes — one part of the repository route | |
| Commits on the default branch | 266 | GitHub repository | No | |
| Repository's main crate left out of the entry | none | crates.io database dump | Yes |
Facts that never count
| Signal | Value | Source | Fetched | Counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT | crates.io database dump | No | |
| Runs on, from listed crates and their direct dependencies | GPU support unknown | crates.io database dump | No | |
| What shows each backend | no dependency or feature matches a backend row | crates.io database dump | No | |
| Native code, from listed crates and their dependencies | No native code found | crates.io database dump | No | |
| Python bindings, from direct dependencies of listed crates | No Python binding crate found | crates.io database dump | No | |
| Crates that depend on a listed crate directly | 36 | crates.io database dump | No |
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