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hhatto/jubatus-rust-client

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2018-01-22

1RustAudience · developerComplexity · 3/5DormantLicenseSetup · moderate

TLDR

A Rust library that lets Rust programs communicate with Jubatus, a machine learning server for classification and prediction tasks. It handles the connection so your Rust app can send data and get results back.

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    What it does
      Connects Rust to Jubatus
      Sends data for classification
      Fetches server config
      Handles communication details
    Tech stack
      Rust
      Jubatus
      Code generation
    Use cases
      Text categorization in Rust
      Anomaly detection
      ML predictions in Rust apps
    Audience
      Rust developers
      ML engineers
      Existing Jubatus users
    Status
      Sparse documentation
      MIT licensed
      Single contributor

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Connect a Rust application to a Jubatus server to classify incoming text data.

USE CASE 2

Fetch and display the configuration of a running Jubatus server from Rust code.

USE CASE 3

Send labeled training data to Jubatus from a Rust service for online learning.

What is it built with?

RustJubatus

How does it compare?

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Stars111
LanguageRustRustRust
Last pushed2018-01-22
MaintenanceDormant
Setup difficultymoderatemoderatemoderate
Complexity3/52/54/5
Audiencedevelopergeneralops devops

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires a running Jubatus server instance to connect to, which must be installed and configured separately.

Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

In plain English

Jubatus-rust-client is a connector that lets programs written in the Rust programming language talk to Jubatus, an existing machine learning platform. Think of it as a phone line between your Rust application and a separate service that can classify data, make predictions, or learn from examples you feed it. At a high level, the library handles the communication details, the back-and-forth messages, so your Rust code can ask a running Jubatus server to do things like fetch its configuration, train on labeled data, or classify new inputs. You point the client at a host address and a name, then call methods on it. The example in the README shows connecting to a local server and printing out its config, which gives a sense of the pattern. The people who would use this are developers already working with Rust who want to bring Jubatus's machine learning capabilities into their application without leaving the Rust ecosystem. For instance, if you are building a service in Rust that needs to categorize incoming text or detect anomalies, and you already run Jubatus as your learning engine, this client lets the two pieces talk directly. The README is quite sparse and does not go into detail about which Jubatus features are supported beyond classification, how errors are handled, or what performance to expect. The project has a code generation step for maintainers, suggesting the client code is partly auto-generated from Jubatus's interface definitions rather than hand-written. It carries an MIT license and appears to be a small, single-contributor effort.

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Prompt 1
Help me set up jubatus-rust-client in my Rust project to connect to a local Jubatus server and fetch its configuration. Walk me through the Cargo dependency and basic usage.
Prompt 2
I have a Rust application that needs to classify text using a running Jubatus server. Show me how to use jubatus-rust-client to send text data and receive classification results.
Prompt 3
I want to train a Jubatus model from my Rust code using jubatus-rust-client. Help me write the code to send labeled training examples to the server.

Frequently asked questions

What is jubatus-rust-client?

A Rust library that lets Rust programs communicate with Jubatus, a machine learning server for classification and prediction tasks. It handles the connection so your Rust app can send data and get results back.

What language is jubatus-rust-client written in?

Mainly Rust. The stack also includes Rust, Jubatus.

Is jubatus-rust-client actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2018-01-22).

What license does jubatus-rust-client use?

Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

How hard is jubatus-rust-client to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is jubatus-rust-client for?

Mainly developer.

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