Decision Workspace
twobit vs bitnuc vs compact-genome
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
61
twobit
growingv0.2.2
Pure Rust implementation of the TwoBit sequence file format
58
bitnuc
growingv0.4.1
A library for efficient nucleotide sequence manipulation using 2-bit and 4-bit encodings
65
compact-genome
stablev12.5.0
Representation of genomes
Core Metrics
| twobit | bitnuc | compact-genome | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 61 | 58 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 11.4K | 20.3K | 76.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 395 | 852 | 1.0K |
| Dependents | 27 | 56 | 203 |
| Releases | 5 | 19 | 61 |
| Last Updated | today | 58d ago | 133d ago |
| Age | 5y 7m | 1y 4m | 5y 8m |
Health Breakdown
twobit
Maintenance
16
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
bitnuc
Maintenance
16
Quality
13
Community
11
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
compact-genome
Maintenance
13
Quality
19
Community
12
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| twobit | bitnuc | compact-genome | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.2 | 0.4.1 | 12.5.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | BSD-2-Clause |
| Dependencies | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Crate Size | 25KB | 37KB | 27KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.3% | 1.6% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.81.0 |
| Owners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •compact-genome leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •compact-genome is depended on by 203 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •twobit, bitnuc are pre-1.0 — API may change.