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Narrow Down - Efficient near-duplicate search

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Narrow Down offers a flexible but easy-to-use Python API to finding duplicates or similar documents also in very large datasets. It reduces the O(n²) problem of comparing all strings with each other to linear scale by using approximation algorithms like Locality Sensitive Hashing.

Features

  • Document indexing and search based on the Minhash LSH algorithm
  • High performance thanks to a native extension module in Rust
  • Easy-to-use API with automated parameter tuning
  • Works with exchangeable storage backends. Currently implemented:
    • In-Memory
    • Cassandra / ScyllaDB
    • SQLite
    • User defined backends (by implementing a small interface)
  • Native asyncio interface

Installation

The Python package can be installed with pip:

pip install narrow-down

Extras

Some of the heavier functionality is available as extra:

pip install narrow-down[scylladb]   # Cassandra / ScyllaDB storage backend

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This package was created with Cookiecutter and the fedejaure/cookiecutter-modern-pypackage project template.

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