Decision Workspace
slow5lib vs barbell vs poa-consensus
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
slow5lib
experimentalv0.1.0
Rust re-implementation of slow5lib: read and write SLOW5/BLOW5 nanopore sequencing files
48
barbell
experimentalv0.3.3
Extremely fast and accurate Nanopore demultiplexing
52
poa-consensus
experimentalv0.2.1
Banded Partial Order Alignment (POA) consensus for short tandem repeat and amplicon reads
Core Metrics
| slow5lib | barbell | poa-consensus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 48 | 52 |
| Total Downloads | 15 | 164 | 97 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 4d ago | 52d ago | 5d ago |
| Age | 4d | 7m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
slow5lib
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
15
barbell
Maintenance
21
Quality
9
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
poa-consensus
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| slow5lib | barbell | poa-consensus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.3.3 | 0.2.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 25 | 3 |
| Crate Size | 60KB | 749KB | 214KB |
| Features | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.87 | — | 1.85 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •poa-consensus leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •barbell has the most downloads (164), suggesting wider adoption.