Decision Workspace
hashfasta vs fastx vs needletail
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
42
hashfasta
experimentalv1.0.0
Very quickly compute hashes for FASTA/FASTQ files considering **only** the sequence content.
49
fastx
growingv0.6.1
FastX reads Fasta and FastQ files with little overhead.
64
needletail
growingv0.7.1
FASTX parsing and k-mer methods
Core Metrics
| hashfasta | fastx | needletail | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 42 | 49 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 19 | 7.8K | 447.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 54 | 11.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 3 | 557 |
| Releases | 1 | 11 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 62d ago | 41d ago | 3d ago |
| Age | 2m | 4y 9m | 9y |
Health Breakdown
hashfasta
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
fastx
Maintenance
14
Quality
17
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
needletail
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
17
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| hashfasta | fastx | needletail | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 | 0.6.1 | 0.7.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 11 | 6 | 18 |
| Crate Size | 29KB | 39KB | 417KB |
| Features | 0 | 6 | 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.