Decision Workspace
primerpincer vs fastx vs vbinseq
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
primerpincer
experimentalv0.8.0
A CLI primer trimming tool for long-read sequencing data
49
fastx
growingv0.6.1
FastX reads Fasta and FastQ files with little overhead.
45
vbinseq
experimentalv0.1.7
A high efficiency binary format for sequencing data with variable-length records.
Core Metrics
| primerpincer | fastx | vbinseq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 49 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 128 | 7.8K | 2.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 8 | 57 | 6 |
| Dependents | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Releases | 4 | 11 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 126d ago | 41d ago | 338d ago |
| Age | 4m | 4y 9m | 11m |
Health Breakdown
primerpincer
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
fastx
Maintenance
14
Quality
17
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
8
vbinseq
Maintenance
9
Quality
10
Community
9
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| primerpincer | fastx | vbinseq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.0 | 0.6.1 | 0.1.7 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | CC-BY-SA-4.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 8 | 6 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 33KB | 39KB | 1.4MB |
| Features | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •fastx leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.