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bgzf

v0.4.0 Growing

Utility library for working with explicitly BGZF compressed data

MIT Edition 2021 MSRV 1.85
CompressionScience #compression#bioinformatics#genomic

Quick Verdict

  • โœ“Actively maintained (updated 9d ago)
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Team maintained (4 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
19.1K
Dependents
29
Releases
3
Size
45KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

6.1K downloads in the last 30 days (202/day), up 221% from the previous period.

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Team maintained

This crate is maintained by a team (4 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 4+ years old, bgzf hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 43KB, bgzf is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include fqtk, pooled-writer, fgumi-bgzf, fgumi-bam-io, riker-ngs. When high-quality crates choose bgzf, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 15/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 14/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 5/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
98/day avg+141%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.3.0
69%
v0.2.0
30%
v0.4.0
1%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

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Maintainers

Dependencies
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direct dependencies
Dependents
29
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