Decision Workspace
lightning-invoice vs rustywallet-lightning vs bolt11
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
70
lightning-invoice
growingv0.34.1
Data structures to parse and serialize BOLT11 lightning invoices
41
rustywallet-lightning
experimentalv0.2.1
Lightning Network utilities for Bitcoin wallets
29
bolt11
growingv0.1.0
Lightning Network BOLT11 Implementation (Payment Requests)
Core Metrics
| lightning-invoice | rustywallet-lightning | bolt11 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 70 | 41 | 29 |
| Total Downloads | 2.1M | 56 | 2.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 78.6K | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 2.4K | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 52 | 3 | 1 |
| Last Updated | 25d ago | 190d ago | 3035d ago |
| Age | 7y 7m | 6m | 8y 3m |
Health Breakdown
lightning-invoice
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
rustywallet-lightning
Maintenance
11
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
bolt11
Maintenance
1
Quality
13
Community
3
Popularity
4
Documentation
8
Technical Details
| lightning-invoice | rustywallet-lightning | bolt11 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.34.1 | 0.2.1 | 0.1.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| Crate Size | 50KB | 24KB | 21KB |
| Features | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | — |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 3 (team) | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •lightning-invoice leads with a health score of 70/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •lightning-invoice is depended on by 2.4K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ bolt11 has not been updated in over a year.