Decision Workspace
helicase vs needletail vs fastdedup
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
56
helicase
experimentalv0.2.0
SIMD-accelerated library for FASTA/FASTQ parsing and bitpacking
60
needletail
growingv0.7.3
FASTX parsing and k-mer methods
54
fastdedup
experimentalv1.2.2
A fast and memory-efficient FASTX PCR deduplication tool
Core Metrics
| helicase | needletail | fastdedup | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 56 | 60 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 247 | 521.8K | 104 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 16.0K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 793 | 0 |
| Releases | 3 | 22 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 4d ago | 84d ago | 54d ago |
| Age | 3m | 9y 4m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
helicase
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
needletail
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
18
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
fastdedup
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| helicase | needletail | fastdedup | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.7.3 | 1.2.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 18 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 36KB | 417KB | 46KB |
| Features | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 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.
- •helicase, needletail are pre-1.0 — API may change.