Decision Workspace
fastats vs bio vs needletail
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
33
fastats
experimentalv0.1.0
CLI to generate FASTA file statistics (masking, GC content, etc.).
74
bio
stablev4.0.1
A bioinformatics library for Rust. This library provides implementations of many algorithms and data structures that are useful for bioinformatics, but also in other fields.
60
needletail
growingv0.7.3
FASTX parsing and k-mer methods
Core Metrics
| fastats | bio | needletail | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 33 | 74 | 60 |
| Total Downloads | 403 | 1.0M | 521.8K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 20.6K | 16.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 1.8K | 793 |
| Releases | 1 | 98 | 22 |
| Last Updated | 330d ago | 14d ago | 84d ago |
| Age | 11m | 11y 5m | 9y 4m |
Health Breakdown
fastats
Maintenance
3
Quality
12
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
bio
Maintenance
18
Quality
17
Community
20
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
needletail
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
18
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| fastats | bio | needletail | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 4.0.1 | 0.7.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 13 | 35 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 18KB | 236KB | 417KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 (team) | 6 |
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Quick Verdict
- •bio leads with a health score of 74/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •bio is depended on by 1.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •fastats, needletail are pre-1.0 — API may change.