Decision Workspace
lnbot vs lightning-invoice vs switchgear
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
lnbot
experimentalv1.0.0
Official Rust SDK for LnBot — Bitcoin for AI Agents. Send and receive sats over Lightning.
64
lightning-invoice
growingv0.34.0
Data structures to parse and serialize BOLT11 lightning invoices
50
switchgear
experimentalv0.1.26
High availability LNURL load balancer server for enterprise Bitcoin Lightning payment providers
Core Metrics
| lnbot | lightning-invoice | switchgear | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 64 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 73 | 1.9M | 1.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 126.3K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 2.3K | 0 |
| Releases | 5 | 50 | 19 |
| Last Updated | 81d ago | 174d ago | 168d ago |
| Age | 2m | 7y 5m | 7m |
Health Breakdown
lnbot
Maintenance
10
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
13
lightning-invoice
Maintenance
11
Quality
15
Community
17
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
switchgear
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| lnbot | lightning-invoice | switchgear | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 | 0.34.0 | 0.1.26 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 41KB | 50KB | 11KB |
| Features | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •lightning-invoice leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •lightning-invoice is depended on by 2.3K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •lightning-invoice, switchgear are pre-1.0 — API may change.