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Dev tools · March 30, 2020

RapidFuzz – A fast string matching library for Python

Rapid fuzzy string matching in Python using various string metrics - rapidfuzz/RapidFuzz

RapidFuzz – A fast string matching library for Python launched on March 30, 2020 with 134 votes, #224 of 4,417 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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RapidFuzz is a Python library for fast string matching that launched in March 2020. It performs fuzzy string comparison and matching tasks, making it useful for developers who need to find similar strings, handle typos, or compare text data efficiently. The library is available on GitHub and is designed for developers building applications that require robust string matching functionality.

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