Decision Workspace
flash-lib vs flash-cli vs needletail
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
flash-lib
experimentalv0.1.0
Rust port of the FLASH read merging algorithm
39
flash-cli
experimentalv0.1.0
Command-line interface for the FLASH read merging algorithm
64
needletail
growingv0.7.1
FASTX parsing and k-mer methods
Core Metrics
| flash-lib | flash-cli | needletail | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 39 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 402 | 286 | 447.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 25 | 3 | 11.7K |
| Dependents | 1 | 0 | 557 |
| Releases | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 169d ago | 169d ago | 3d ago |
| Age | 5m | 5m | 9y |
Health Breakdown
flash-lib
Maintenance
6
Quality
14
Community
7
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
flash-cli
Maintenance
6
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
needletail
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
17
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| flash-lib | flash-cli | needletail | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.1.0 | 0.7.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 4KB | 417KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 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.