Decision Workspace
prseq vs needletail vs helicase
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
prseq
experimentalv0.0.33
Rust tools (with Python bindings) for sequence analysis
60
needletail
growingv0.7.3
FASTX parsing and k-mer methods
56
helicase
experimentalv0.2.0
SIMD-accelerated library for FASTA/FASTQ parsing and bitpacking
Core Metrics
| prseq | needletail | helicase | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 60 | 56 |
| Total Downloads | 4.9K | 521.8K | 247 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 16.0K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 793 | 0 |
| Releases | 22 | 22 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 232d ago | 84d ago | 4d ago |
| Age | 9m | 9y 4m | 3m |
Health Breakdown
prseq
Maintenance
10
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
needletail
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
18
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
helicase
Maintenance
19
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| prseq | needletail | helicase | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.33 | 0.7.3 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 18 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 8KB | 417KB | 36KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| 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.