Decision Workspace
rsomics-kmer vs needletail vs sourmash
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
rsomics-kmer
experimentalv0.2.0
K-mer encoding, canonicalisation, ntHash rolling hash, MurmurHash3, k-mer counting for the rsomics-* tool family. Layer A primitive.
63
needletail
growingv0.7.3
FASTX parsing and k-mer methods
55
sourmash
growingv0.22.0
tools for comparing biological sequences with k-mer sketches
Core Metrics
| rsomics-kmer | needletail | sourmash | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 63 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 57 | 480.5K | 51.6K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 17.8K | 0 |
| Dependents | 5 | 642 | 3 |
| Releases | 2 | 22 | 28 |
| Last Updated | 8d ago | 35d ago | 51d ago |
| Age | 11d | 9y 2m | 8y 2m |
Health Breakdown
rsomics-kmer
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
needletail
Maintenance
14
Quality
14
Community
18
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
sourmash
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| rsomics-kmer | needletail | sourmash | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.7.3 | 0.22.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 4 | 18 | 48 |
| Crate Size | 12KB | 417KB | 131KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.91 | — | 1.85.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 6 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •needletail leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •needletail is depended on by 642 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.