Decision Workspace
give_a_sheet vs refman vs fqcat
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
give_a_sheet
growingv0.1.6
Toolkit for generating input samplesheets for a variety of nf-core pipelines.
49
refman
growingv1.3.4
A command-line manager for bespoke reference datasets used in bioinformatic analyses
42
fqcat
growingv0.2.0-alpha
Tool for rapidly merging FASTQ files. Never use cat again!
Core Metrics
| give_a_sheet | refman | fqcat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 49 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 7.6K | 4.8K | 1.3K |
| 30d Downloads | 9 | 10 | 6 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 555d ago | 344d ago | 371d ago |
| Age | 2y | 1y | 1y |
Health Breakdown
give_a_sheet
Maintenance
6
Quality
10
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
refman
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
15
fqcat
Maintenance
6
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| give_a_sheet | refman | fqcat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.6 | 1.3.4 | 0.2.0-alpha |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 28 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 80KB | 17KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 14.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.85.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •refman leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •give_a_sheet has the most downloads (7.6K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ give_a_sheet, fqcat have not been updated in over a year.
- •give_a_sheet, fqcat are pre-1.0 — API may change.