Decision Workspace
sourmash vs finch vs jam-rs
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
sourmash
growingv0.21.0
tools for comparing biological sequences with k-mer sketches
47
finch
growingv0.6.2
An implementation of min-wise independent permutation locality sensitive hashing ('MinHashing') for genomic data and command-line utility for manipulation.
46
jam-rs
growingv0.9.10
Just another (genomic) minhash (Jam) implementation in Rust
Core Metrics
| sourmash | finch | jam-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 47 | 46 |
| Total Downloads | 49.8K | 68.3K | 3.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 452 | 329 | 6 |
| Dependents | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Releases | 27 | 19 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 272d ago | 283d ago | 46d ago |
| Age | 8y | 9y | 2y 4m |
Health Breakdown
sourmash
Maintenance
8
Quality
13
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
finch
Maintenance
6
Quality
12
Community
13
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
jam-rs
Maintenance
14
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| sourmash | finch | jam-rs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.21.0 | 0.6.2 | 0.9.10 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 48 | 13 | 24 |
| Crate Size | 113KB | 48KB | 57KB |
| Features | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.3% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.74.0 | — | — |
| Owners | 2 | 6 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •sourmash leads with a health score of 48/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •finch has the most downloads (68.3K), suggesting wider adoption.