Decision Workspace
nucs vs bitnuc vs packed-seq
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
nucs
experimentalv0.2.0
Library for working with nucleotide and amino acid sequences
58
bitnuc
growingv0.4.1
A library for efficient nucleotide sequence manipulation using 2-bit and 4-bit encodings
62
packed-seq
stablev4.4.2
Constructing and iterating packed DNA sequences using SIMD
Core Metrics
| nucs | bitnuc | packed-seq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 58 | 62 |
| Total Downloads | 1.2K | 20.3K | 10.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 6 | 852 | 1.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 56 | 56 |
| Releases | 4 | 19 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 123d ago | 58d ago | 28d ago |
| Age | 8m | 1y 4m | 1y 1m |
Health Breakdown
nucs
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
bitnuc
Maintenance
16
Quality
13
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
packed-seq
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| nucs | bitnuc | packed-seq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.4.1 | 4.4.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 45KB | 37KB | 50KB |
| Features | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.3% | 5.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.89 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •packed-seq leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •bitnuc has the most downloads (20.3K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •nucs, bitnuc are pre-1.0 — API may change.