Decision Workspace
bolt11 vs lightning-invoice vs rustywallet-lightning
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
29
bolt11
growingv0.1.0
Lightning Network BOLT11 Implementation (Payment Requests)
65
lightning-invoice
growingv0.34.0
Data structures to parse and serialize BOLT11 lightning invoices
39
rustywallet-lightning
experimentalv0.2.1
Lightning Network utilities for Bitcoin wallets
Core Metrics
| bolt11 | lightning-invoice | rustywallet-lightning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 29 | 65 | 39 |
| Total Downloads | 2.1K | 1.7M | 47 |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 117.1K | 5 |
| Dependents | 0 | 2.0K | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 50 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 2927d ago | 115d ago | 82d ago |
| Age | 8y | 7y 3m | 2m |
Health Breakdown
bolt11
Maintenance
1
Quality
13
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
lightning-invoice
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
17
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
rustywallet-lightning
Maintenance
9
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| bolt11 | lightning-invoice | rustywallet-lightning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.34.0 | 0.2.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 21KB | 50KB | 24KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •lightning-invoice leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •lightning-invoice is depended on by 2.0K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ bolt11 has not been updated in over a year.