Decision Workspace
unified_uri vs bitcoin-waila vs lightning-invoice
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
unified_uri
experimentalv0.1.0
A Rust library for parsing unified Bitcoin URIs that support both Lightning Network invoices and Payjoin parameters, based on the BIP21 URI specification.
44
bitcoin-waila
growingv0.5.0
"What am I looking at?" A tool for decoding bitcoin-related strings.
65
lightning-invoice
growingv0.34.0
Data structures to parse and serialize BOLT11 lightning invoices
Core Metrics
| unified_uri | bitcoin-waila | lightning-invoice | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 44 | 65 |
| Total Downloads | 134 | 20.6K | 1.7M |
| 30d Downloads | 4 | 77 | 113.6K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 2.0K |
| Releases | 1 | 15 | 50 |
| Last Updated | 151d ago | 711d ago | 115d ago |
| Age | 5m | 2y 11m | 7y 3m |
Health Breakdown
unified_uri
Maintenance
6
Quality
13
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
bitcoin-waila
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
5
Documentation
12
lightning-invoice
Maintenance
13
Quality
15
Community
17
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| unified_uri | bitcoin-waila | lightning-invoice | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.5.0 | 0.34.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 5 | 13 | 6 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 13KB | 50KB |
| Features | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 2 | 3 (team) |
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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.
- •⚠ bitcoin-waila has not been updated in over a year.