Decision Workspace
rustbam vs bamslice vs qbix
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
rustbam
growingv0.2.0
Rust-powered BAM depth extraction with Python bindings
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
| rustbam | bamslice | qbix | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 51 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 844 | 384 | 100 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 518d ago | 12d ago | 19d ago |
| Age | 1y 5m | 8m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
rustbam
Maintenance
2
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
3
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
| rustbam | bamslice | qbix | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.2.1 | 0.0.6 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 24KB | 90KB | 41KB |
| Features | 0 | 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.
- •rustbam has the most downloads (844), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ rustbam has not been updated in over a year.