Decision Workspace
tinyminiscript vs bitcoin-units vs miniscript
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
tinyminiscript
experimentalv0.0.6
A lightweight, no_std-compatible miniscript parser and validator for Bitcoin
64
bitcoin-units
growingv0.3.0
Basic Bitcoin numeric units such as amount
61
miniscript
stablev13.0.0
Miniscript: a subset of Bitcoin Script designed for analysis
Core Metrics
| tinyminiscript | bitcoin-units | miniscript | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 64 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 1.6K | 3.1M | 2.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 7 | 329.1K | 183.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 103 | 1.3K |
| Releases | 6 | 11 | 84 |
| Last Updated | 157d ago | 32d ago | 150d ago |
| Age | 7m | 2y 10m | 7y 4m |
Health Breakdown
tinyminiscript
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
bitcoin-units
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
miniscript
Maintenance
12
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| tinyminiscript | bitcoin-units | miniscript | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.6 | 0.3.0 | 13.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | CC0-1.0 | CC0-1.0 |
| Dependencies | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 28KB | 87KB | 1.2MB |
| Features | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Yanked % | 16.7% | 0.0% | 19.1% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.74.0 | 1.63.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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Quick Verdict
- •bitcoin-units leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •miniscript is depended on by 1.3K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •tinyminiscript, bitcoin-units are pre-1.0 — API may change.