Skip to content
JS
Package

bolt11

A library for encoding and decoding lightning network payment requests as defined in [BOLT #11](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/blob/master/11-payment-encoding.md).

v1.4.1, 22 Mar 2023MITCommonJSTypes: BundledPayments and commerce
$ npm install bolt11

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
24.2k
-30% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
8
Direct, from package.json
Last release
3 years ago
v1.4.1
GitHub stars
107
77 forks
Open issues / PRs
2 / 9
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
020k40k60kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 50.1k (25 Nov 2025)Low 15.4k (17 Mar 2026)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

24,160 downloads last week, 100,196 in the last month. The 12-month change of -30% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
-
Latest version
1.4.1, 22 Mar 20233 years ago
First published
-
Last push to GitHub
29 Oct 2024695 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
2
Open pull requests
9
Commits, last 52 weeks
0
Dependents on npm
33

Major versions

-

Recent releases

-

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
50 kB
Dependencies (8)
bn.jsbech32lodashsecp256k1create-hashsafe-buffer@types/bn.jsbitcoinjs-lib
npm install bolt11
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bolt11@1.4.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/bolt11@1.4.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/bolt11@1.4.1
PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
light-bolt11-decoder35k-2 years agoCommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.