Decision Workspace
fastx vs hashfasta vs needletail
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
fastx
growingv0.6.1
FastX reads Fasta and FastQ files with little overhead.
42
hashfasta
experimentalv1.0.0
Very quickly compute hashes for FASTA/FASTQ files considering **only** the sequence content.
64
needletail
growingv0.7.1
FASTX parsing and k-mer methods
Core Metrics
| fastx | hashfasta | needletail | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 42 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 7.8K | 19 | 447.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 57 | 3 | 12.2K |
| Dependents | 3 | 0 | 557 |
| Releases | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 41d ago | 62d ago | 3d ago |
| Age | 4y 9m | 2m | 9y |
Health Breakdown
fastx
Maintenance
14
Quality
17
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
hashfasta
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
needletail
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
17
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| fastx | hashfasta | needletail | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.1 | 1.0.0 | 0.7.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 39KB | 29KB | 417KB |
| Features | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 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.
- •fastx, needletail are pre-1.0 — API may change.