Decision Workspace
seq-events vs needletail vs paraseq
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
seq-events
experimentalv0.1.0
A minimal, zero-copy streaming parser for FASTA/FASTQ files
64
needletail
growingv0.7.1
FASTX parsing and k-mer methods
59
paraseq
growingv0.4.9
A minimal-copy parser for FASTA and FASTQ files built for paired parallel processing.
Core Metrics
| seq-events | needletail | paraseq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 64 | 59 |
| Total Downloads | 21 | 447.7K | 17.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 11.7K | 1.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 557 | 100 |
| Releases | 1 | 20 | 27 |
| Last Updated | 82d ago | 3d ago | 3d ago |
| Age | 2m | 9y | 1y 1m |
Health Breakdown
seq-events
Maintenance
8
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
needletail
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
17
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
paraseq
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
8
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| seq-events | needletail | paraseq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.7.1 | 0.4.9 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 18 | 17 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 417KB | 139KB |
| Features | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 6 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •needletail leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •needletail is depended on by 557 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.