Decision Workspace
seq-events vs needletail vs paraseq
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
seq-events
experimentalv0.1.0
A minimal, zero-copy streaming parser for FASTA/FASTQ files
60
needletail
growingv0.7.3
FASTX parsing and k-mer methods
57
paraseq
growingv0.4.13
A minimal-copy parser for FASTA and FASTQ files built for paired parallel processing.
Core Metrics
| seq-events | needletail | paraseq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 60 | 57 |
| Total Downloads | 28 | 521.8K | 26.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 16.0K | 1.7K |
| Dependents | 0 | 793 | 137 |
| Releases | 1 | 22 | 31 |
| Last Updated | 190d ago | 84d ago | 53d ago |
| Age | 6m | 9y 4m | 1y 5m |
Health Breakdown
seq-events
Maintenance
5
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
needletail
Maintenance
11
Quality
14
Community
18
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
paraseq
Maintenance
16
Quality
14
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| seq-events | needletail | paraseq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.7.3 | 0.4.13 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 18 | 17 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 417KB | 142KB |
| 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 60/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •needletail is depended on by 793 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.