Decision Workspace
bamsalvage vs merkurio vs needletail
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
bamsalvage
growingv0.1.3
Rust version of bamsalvage, retrieving sequences from a corrupted BAM file as much as possible.
47
merkurio
growingv1.0.2
Quick k-mer-based FASTA/FASTQ sequence record extraction, and SAM/BAM record filtering plus file annotation with k-mer tags.
64
needletail
growingv0.7.1
FASTX parsing and k-mer methods
Core Metrics
| bamsalvage | merkurio | needletail | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 47 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 1.6K | 553 | 447.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 5 | 12.2K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 557 |
| Releases | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 1074d ago | 119d ago | 3d ago |
| Age | 2y 11m | 8m | 9y |
Health Breakdown
bamsalvage
Maintenance
1
Quality
14
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
merkurio
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
needletail
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
17
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| bamsalvage | merkurio | needletail | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.3 | 1.0.2 | 0.7.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 13KB | 5.8MB | 417KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Quick Verdict
- •needletail leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •needletail is depended on by 557 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ bamsalvage has not been updated in over a year.
- •bamsalvage, needletail are pre-1.0 — API may change.