fastwer and pywer

Both are Python packages for calculating word error rate (WER), but `fastwer` is likely a competitor to `pywer` given its significantly higher stars and monthly downloads, suggesting it offers a more optimized or feature-rich solution for the same core task.

fastwer
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Established
pywer
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Emerging
Maintenance 10/25
Adoption 16/25
Maturity 25/25
Community 18/25
Maintenance 0/25
Adoption 12/25
Maturity 18/25
Community 0/25
Stars: 70
Forks: 16
Downloads: 879
Commits (30d): 0
Language: Python
License: MIT
Stars: 5
Forks:
Downloads: 308
Commits (30d): 0
Language: Python
License: MIT
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About fastwer

kahne/fastwer

A PyPI package for fast word/character error rate (WER/CER) calculation

Leverages C++ bindings via pybind11 for high-performance computation of both word and character-level error rates. Supports dual granularity evaluation through corpus-level aggregation and sentence-level scoring, enabling detailed error analysis across different scopes.

About pywer

jumon/pywer

A simple Python package to calculate word error rate (WER).

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