RapidFuzz: String Similarity Computation Using 'RapidFuzz'

Provides a high-performance interface for calculating string similarities and distances, leveraging the efficient library 'RapidFuzz' <https://github.com/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-cpp>. This package integrates the 'C++' implementation, allowing 'R' users to access cutting-edge algorithms for fuzzy matching and text analysis. Supported metrics include Levenshtein, Damerau-Levenshtein, Hamming, Jaro, Jaro-Winkler, Longest Common Subsequence (LCS), Optimal String Alignment (OSA), Indel, Prefix, and Postfix distances and similarities, as well as multiple fuzzy matching ratios.

Version: 1.1.0
Imports: Rcpp (≥ 1.0.13), cli
LinkingTo: Rcpp
Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown
Published: 2026-04-07
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.RapidFuzz
Author: Andre Leite [aut, cre], Hugo Vaconcelos [aut], Marcos Wasilew [aut], Carlos Amorin [aut], Diogo Bezerra [aut], Max Bachmann [ctb], Adam Cohen [ctb]
Maintainer: Andre Leite <leite at castlab.org>
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: <https://github.com/StrategicProjects/RapidFuzz>, <https://strategicprojects.github.io/RapidFuzz/>
NeedsCompilation: yes
SystemRequirements: C++17
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: RapidFuzz results

Documentation:

Reference manual: RapidFuzz.html , RapidFuzz.pdf
Vignettes: Introduction to RapidFuzz (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source: RapidFuzz_1.1.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: RapidFuzz_1.1.0.zip, r-release: RapidFuzz_1.0.zip, r-oldrel: RapidFuzz_1.0.zip
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): RapidFuzz_1.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): RapidFuzz_1.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): RapidFuzz_1.1.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): RapidFuzz_1.0.tgz
Old sources: RapidFuzz archive

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