Decision Workspace
rubam vs bamslice vs qbix
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
rubam
experimentalv0.3.13
Pure-Rust BAM/VCF/BCF depth, pileup, variants and stats with Python bindings — Windows / Linux / macOS native. CRAM is experimental (header reading; record decode is panic-guarded and returns a Python error on unsupported codecs).
51
bamslice
experimentalv0.2.1
Extract byte ranges from BAM files and convert to interleaved FASTQ format for parallel processing
51
qbix
experimentalv0.0.6
Random access to BAM records by read name using a compact .qbi index
Core Metrics
| rubam | bamslice | qbix | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 51 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 32 | 384 | 100 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 38d ago | 12d ago | 19d ago |
| Age | 1m | 8m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
rubam
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
bamslice
Maintenance
18
Quality
12
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
qbix
Maintenance
15
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| rubam | bamslice | qbix | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.13 | 0.2.1 | 0.0.6 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 9 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 242KB | 90KB | 41KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.87 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •bamslice leads with a health score of 51/100, but none of the options score above 80.