Decision Workspace
nuclease vs fastqc-rust vs fastx
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
nuclease
experimentalv0.6.0
Streaming FASTQ preprocessor with a focus on extensibility
51
fastqc-rust
experimentalv1.0.1
A Rust rewrite of FastQC - a quality control tool for high throughput sequence data
47
fastx
growingv0.6.1
FastX reads Fasta and FastQ files with little overhead.
Core Metrics
| nuclease | fastqc-rust | fastx | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 51 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 91 | 247 | 8.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Releases | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| Last Updated | 1d ago | 29d ago | 100d ago |
| Age | 20d | 29d | 4y 11m |
Health Breakdown
nuclease
Maintenance
14
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
fastqc-rust
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
fastx
Maintenance
12
Quality
17
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
Technical Details
| nuclease | fastqc-rust | fastx | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.0 | 1.0.1 | 0.6.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0-only | CC-BY-SA-4.0 |
| Dependencies | 16 | 14 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 89KB | 593KB | 39KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.95.0 | 1.88.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •fastqc-rust leads with a health score of 51/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •fastx has the most downloads (8.1K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •nuclease, fastx are pre-1.0 — API may change.