RapidFuzz
High-performance fuzzy string matching library for Python, used for search and similarity detection.
Utilities PyPI
Used in agent projects
22
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in utilities
#98 of 109
by use in those projects
Downloads
28.6M
PyPI, last 7 days, rapidfuzz
GitHub stars
4,156
last push Sep 28, 2026
How RapidFuzz is used
RapidFuzz is a dependency in 22 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #98 of 109 in utilities. The most used alternative there is clsx. Projects that use it most often also use NumPy (72.7%), PyYAML (68.2%), Pydantic (63.6%).
Often used with RapidFuzz
| NumPy | 72.7% of RapidFuzz projects · 19.0× more than average |
|---|---|
| PyYAML | 68.2% of RapidFuzz projects · 22.5× more than average |
| Pydantic | 63.6% of RapidFuzz projects · 12.4× more than average |
| Uvicorn | 54.5% of RapidFuzz projects · 12.7× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 54.5% of RapidFuzz projects · 8.4× more than average |
| FastAPI | 50.0% of RapidFuzz projects · 11.8× more than average |
| pandas | 50.0% of RapidFuzz projects · 16.6× more than average |
| Requests | 50.0% of RapidFuzz projects · 9.4× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list RapidFuzz as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install rapidfuzz |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (21), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | owid/etl, sweetcornna/free-search-mcp, iterorganization/IMAS-Codex, revodatanl/databricks-mcp-server, donbr/rag-eval-foundations |
Alternatives to RapidFuzz
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| clsx npm Tiny utility for conditionally constructing className strings. |
2,251 (17.7%) | 126M | 9,847 | MIT |
| date-fns npm Modern JavaScript date utility library with comprehensive formatting functions. |
1,079 (8.5%) | 97.6M | 36.6K | MIT |
| uuid npm Generate RFC9562 compliant UUIDs for unique identifiers in applications. |
454 (3.6%) | 296M | 15.3K | MIT |
| PyYAML pypi YAML parser and emitter for reading and writing YAML configuration files. |
385 (3.0%) | 239M | 2,954 | MIT |
| Lodash npm Modular utility library with methods for common programming tasks and data manipulation. |
269 (2.1%) | 162M | 61.4K | MIT |
| bn.js npm Big number library for handling arbitrary-precision integers in JavaScript. |
217 (1.7%) | 62.1M | 1,230 | MIT |
| python-dateutil pypi Extensions to Python's datetime module for advanced date and time manipulation. |
165 (1.3%) | 233M | 2,638 | Dual License |
| yaml npm JavaScript YAML parser and stringifier with full spec compliance. |
164 (1.3%) | 179M | 1,693 | ISC |