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@datastructures-js/heap
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heap-js is another npm package that provides heap data structures. It supports both MinHeap and MaxHeap and offers similar functionalities to @datastructures-js/heap. One key difference is that heap-js provides additional customization options for the comparator function, allowing for more flexible heap implementations.
js-priority-queue is a package that implements a priority queue using a binary heap. It offers similar functionalities to @datastructures-js/heap but focuses more on the priority queue aspect. It provides a simple API for managing elements with priorities, making it a good choice for applications that require priority-based element retrieval.
heap is a minimalistic package that provides a binary heap implementation. It supports both MinHeap and MaxHeap and offers basic heap operations. Compared to @datastructures-js/heap, it has a smaller feature set but is lightweight and easy to use for simple heap operations.
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The npm package @datastructures-js/heap receives a total of 228,953 weekly downloads. As such, @datastructures-js/heap popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @datastructures-js/heap demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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