Decision Workspace
fastdedup vs needletail vs helicase
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
54
fastdedup
experimentalv1.2.2
A fast and memory-efficient FASTX PCR deduplication tool
60
needletail
growingv0.7.3
FASTX parsing and k-mer methods
56
helicase
experimentalv0.2.0
SIMD-accelerated library for FASTA/FASTQ parsing and bitpacking
Core Metrics
| fastdedup | needletail | helicase | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 54 | 60 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 104 | 521.8K | 247 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 16.0K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 793 | 0 |
| Releases | 6 | 22 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 54d ago | 84d ago | 4d ago |
| Age | 3m | 9y 4m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
fastdedup
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
needletail
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
18
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
helicase
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| fastdedup | needletail | helicase | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.2.2 | 0.7.3 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 18 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 46KB | 417KB | 36KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.85 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 6 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •needletail leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •needletail is depended on by 793 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •needletail, helicase are pre-1.0 — API may change.