Decision Workspace
oxbow vs polars vs seq_geom_parser
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
oxbow
growingv0.7.0
Read conventional genomic file formats as data frames and more via Apache Arrow.
60
polars
growingv0.53.0
DataFrame library based on Apache Arrow
59
seq_geom_parser
stablev1.1.0
Parser and extractor for sequencing read geometry descriptions
Core Metrics
| oxbow | polars | seq_geom_parser | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 60 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 6.4K | 9.5M | 9.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 50 | 874.5K | 214 |
| Dependents | 0 | 5.4K | 30 |
| Releases | 12 | 120 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 9d ago | 47d ago | 6d ago |
| Age | 2y 10m | 5y 9m | 3y 1m |
Health Breakdown
oxbow
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
polars
Maintenance
17
Quality
11
Community
14
Popularity
8
Documentation
10
seq_geom_parser
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| oxbow | polars | seq_geom_parser | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.7.0 | 0.53.0 | 1.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 7 | 27 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 109KB | 138KB | 31KB |
| Features | 0 | 156 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •polars leads with a health score of 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •polars is depended on by 5.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •oxbow, polars are pre-1.0 — API may change.