ddsketchy

This is a Rust implementation of the DDSketch quantile sketch algorithm. DDSketch is a fully-mergeable quantile sketch with relative-error guarantees.

ddsketchy Features

• Implements the DDSketch algorithm with configurable relative error guarantees
• Optimized for high-throughput data collection scenarios
• Designed for distributed systems with efficient sketch merging

Usage

use ddsketchy::{DDSketch, DDSketchError};

fn main() -> Result<(), DDSketchError> {
    // Create a new sketch with 1% relative error
    let mut sketch = DDSketch::new(0.01)?;

    // Add some values
    sketch.add(1.0);
    sketch.add(2.0);
    sketch.add(3.0);
    sketch.add(4.0);
    sketch.add(5.0);

    // Get the 50th percentile (median)
    let median = sketch.quantile(0.5)?;
    println!("Median: {}", median);

    // Get the 90th percentile
    let p90 = sketch.quantile(0.9)?;
    println!("90th percentile: {}", p90);

    Ok(())
}

Serialization Support

ddsketchy supports optional serialization via serde. Serialization is disabled by default to keep the library dependency-free. To enable it, add the serde feature:

[dependencies]
ddsketchy = { version = "0.1", features = ["serde"] }
serde_json = "1.0"  # or other serde formats

use ddsketchy::DDSketch;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let mut sketch = DDSketch::new(0.01)?;
    sketch.add(1.0);
    sketch.add(2.0);

    // Serialize to JSON
    let json = serde_json::to_string(&sketch)?;
    println!("Serialized: {}", json);

    // Deserialize from JSON
    let restored: DDSketch = serde_json::from_str(&json)?;

    // Verify the sketch works correctly
    assert_eq!(sketch.count(), restored.count());
    assert_eq!(sketch.quantile(0.5)?, restored.quantile(0.5)?);

    Ok(())
}

The serialization handles all internal state including infinity values for min/max bounds in empty sketches. Empty sketches serialize min/max as null values, while sketches with data serialize them as numbers.

Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV)

This crate supports Rust 1.81.0 and later. We follow a rolling MSRV policy of approximately 1 year behind the latest stable release. MSRV increases may occur in minor releases and will be noted in the changelog.

References

• DDSketch: A Fast and Fully-Mergeable Quantile Sketch with Relative-Error Guarantees - The original paper describing the DDSketch algorithm

Other implementations

• https://github.com/cecton/opentelemetry-rust/blob/a0899d9ed595343e9d4eb2dbd994235dedb501ed/opentelemetry/src/sdk/metrics/aggregators/ddsketch.rs#L778-L796
• https://github.com/mheffner/rust-sketches-ddsketch