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bitnuc

v0.4.1 Growing

A library for efficient nucleotide sequence manipulation using 2-bit and 4-bit encodings

MIT Edition 2024
Data structuresEncodingScience::Bioinformatics #bioinformatics#sequence#dna#nucleotide#2bit

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (37KB, 3 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

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Downloads
25.9K
Dependents
64
Releases
19
Size
37KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

4.6K downloads in the last 30 days (155/day), up 334% from the previous period.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 76 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 1+ years old, bitnuc hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 36KB, bitnuc is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include binseq, bitnuc-mismatch, vbinseq, cyto-core, cyto-map. When high-quality crates choose bitnuc, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 13/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 13/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 5/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 13/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
72/day avg+237%
05001K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.4.1
37%
v0.2.11
27%
v0.3.0
16%
v0.2.10
11%
v0.4.0
8%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
64
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