Decision Workspace
sourmash vs finch vs rsomics-kmer
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
55
sourmash
growingv0.22.0
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.
47
rsomics-kmer
experimentalv0.2.0
K-mer encoding, canonicalisation, ntHash rolling hash, MurmurHash3, k-mer counting for the rsomics-* tool family. Layer A primitive.
Core Metrics
| sourmash | finch | rsomics-kmer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 55 | 47 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 51.6K | 69.0K | 57 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 3 | 39 | 5 |
| Releases | 28 | 19 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 51d ago | 342d ago | 8d ago |
| Age | 8y 2m | 9y 2m | 11d |
Health Breakdown
sourmash
Maintenance
15
Quality
13
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
finch
Maintenance
6
Quality
12
Community
13
Popularity
6
Documentation
10
rsomics-kmer
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
7
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| sourmash | finch | rsomics-kmer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.22.0 | 0.6.2 | 0.2.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 48 | 13 | 4 |
| Crate Size | 131KB | 48KB | 12KB |
| Features | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.3% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.85.0 | — | 1.91 |
| Owners | 2 | 6 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •sourmash leads with a health score of 55/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •finch has the most downloads (69.0K), suggesting wider adoption.