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leven (3.1.0)

Published 2026-02-24 14:00:48 +00:00 by atheaadmin

Installation

Setup this registry in your project .npmrc file:

registry=

To install the package using npm, run the following command:

npm install leven@3.1.0

or add it to the package.json file:

"leven": "3.1.0"

For more information on the npm registry, see the documentation.

About this package

leven

Measure the difference between two strings
One of the fastest JS implementations of the Levenshtein distance algorithm

Install

$ npm install leven

Usage

const leven = require('leven');

leven('cat', 'cow');
//=> 2

Benchmark

$ npm run bench

         165,926 op/s » leven
         164,398 op/s » talisman
           1,044 op/s » levenshtein-edit-distance
             628 op/s » fast-levenshtein
             497 op/s » levenshtein-component
             195 op/s » ld
             190 op/s » levenshtein
             168 op/s » levdist
              10 op/s » natural

Related

• leven-cli - CLI for this module

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus

Dependencies

Development Dependencies

ID	Version
ava	^1.4.1
fast-levenshtein	^2.0.6
ld	^0.1.0
levdist	^2.2.9
levenshtein	^1.0.5
levenshtein-component	^0.0.1
levenshtein-edit-distance	^2.0.3
matcha	^0.7.0
natural	^0.6.3
talisman	^0.21.0
tsd	^0.7.2
xo	^0.24.0

Keywords

leven levenshtein distance algorithm algo string difference diff fast fuzzy similar similarity compare comparison edit text match matching

Details

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2026-02-24 14:00:48 +00:00

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Sindre Sorhus

Project Site

MIT

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Assets (1)

leven-3.1.0.tgz 2.4 KiB

Versions (1) View all

3.1.0 2026-02-24