AG-UI

AG-UI: the Agent-User Interaction Protocol. Bring Agents into Frontend Applications.

Protocols & Tool Integration TypeScript Listed MIT

Is AG-UI safe? Promising trust profile, but some evidence still deserves review.

OSSF Scorecard 7.3 / 10
Provenance None
Signed commits 32%
Last push today
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In detail: AG-UI scores 65.5/100 (Grade B), ranked #497 of 1378 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage C (2 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: no package-provenance attestation found; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 7.3/10; 32% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-10-21. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

How AG-UI could raise its score

Each line changes one public signal and recomputes with the live scoring function. The gains don't add up exactly, because the score is capped near the top.

Chain of custody

Scanners check what the code says. This traces who ships AG-UI and whether that has changed: from the source repository, through how changes are reviewed and released, to the code you run. These are the checks for OWASP ASI04 Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities.

  1. Source Partly signed

    github.com/ag-ui-protocol/ag-ui, MIT, last pushed 2026-10-21. 32% of the last 100 commits carry a verified signature; the rest can't be tied to a verified identity.

  2. Review and release Strong

    OpenSSF Scorecard rates the repository's practices 7.3/10 (scanned Oct 18, 2026). The checks that decide who can get a change released:

    • Code Review10
    • Branch Protection6
    • Signed Releasesn/a
    • Dangerous Workflow10
    • Token Permissions9
    • Pinned Dependencies9
    All 18 Scorecard checks
    Binary-Artifacts 4
    Branch-Protection 6
    CI-Tests 10
    CII-Best-Practices 0
    Code-Review 10
    Contributors 10
    Dangerous-Workflow 10
    Dependency-Update-Tool 10
    Fuzzing 0
    License 10
    Maintained 10
    Packaging 10
    Pinned-Dependencies 9
    SAST 5
    Security-Policy 10
    Signed-Releases -1
    Token-Permissions 9
    Vulnerabilities 0
  3. Published packages None

    No registry package. AG-UI is used from its repository, so what you run is whatever you check out: pin a release tag or commit.

Changes to this chain

No change to package provenance, package source links, Scorecard coverage or license in HVTracker's daily snapshots of AG-UI.

Evidence behind this score

Coverage C: 2 of 5 independent evidence types found.

  • GitHub repository data
  • Package downloads (missing)
  • Supply-chain checks
  • Public actions (missing)
  • Community mentions (missing)

Verify this score yourself

Every build re-issues AG-UI’s score as an Ed25519-signed credential, valid for 7 days. You can check it offline against HVTracker’s published key; if anyone changes a number after signing, verification fails.

What this score doesn’t check

It covers who ships the code, not what the code does. It doesn’t read tool descriptions or prompts for injected instructions, watch runtime behaviour, or find bugs nobody has disclosed yet. For that, run a content scanner before you connect it, such as Cisco MCP Scanner or Snyk Agent Scan.

How AG-UI compares in Protocols & Tool Integration

  1. #28 Graft 65.9 +0.4
  2. #29 Agent Gateway 65.8 +0.3
  3. #30 AG-UI 65.5 this agent
  4. #31 arcade-mcp 64.9 −0.6
  5. #32 MCP C# SDK 64.6 −0.9

Bars show each HVTrust score; the tick marks AG-UI’s 65.5.

Where the 65.5 comes from

HVTrust dimensions vs the Protocols & Tool Integration average

65.5 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

AG-UI Protocols & Tool Integration average (63 agents)

Safety / Integrity50% OSSF Scorecard · 30% provenance · 20% signed commits
10.7 / 25
in line with avg 11.0
Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance
10.8 / 18
1.1 below avg 11.9
Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard
14.7 / 17
1.7 above avg 13.0
Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity
20.0 / 20
5.8 above avg 14.2
AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads
10.1 / 20
1.0 below avg 11.1

Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It
Publish package provenance or release attestations for stronger supply-chain evidence.
Recent Changes
2026-10-21
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 12 spots (#485 → #497)
2026-10-19
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Rank rose 11 spots (#494 → #483)
2026-10-18
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Rank dropped 14 spots (#480 → #494)
Maintainer Checklist
Publish provenance Add package provenance or release attestations so users can verify where shipped artifacts came from.
Increase signed commits Raise the share of verified-signed commits to make maintainer identity and release history easier to trust.
90.1
Activity sub-score · out of 100
#30

How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption. Grade B reflects the trust score band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Evidence coverage C is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (2 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →

Signals refreshed 2026-10-21 20:07 UTC · Repo last pushed today

Rank Trend

2026-09-29 2026-10-21

Activity & Reach

Stars
16.7k
Forks
1.5k
Last Push
2026-10-21
today
Commits (4 wk)
841
Downloads (7d)
—
HN mentions (30d)
—
Open Issues
290
Rank Change
▼12
was #485

Analysis

Activity Inputs

90.1 / 100
StarsRepository reach
25.3 / 30
FreshnessLast push recency
25.0 / 25
ActivityRecent commits
25 / 25
CommunityFork signal
14.8 / 20

Common questions about AG-UI

AG-UI has a mixed signal profile. Some trust indicators are present, others are missing. Whether it is safe for your use case depends on which gaps matter to you — review the breakdown below before adopting in production.
Does AG-UI publish package provenance?
No published build provenance is currently detected for AG-UI. This is common for open-source projects but means consumers cannot independently verify that the package on the registry matches the GitHub source.
Does AG-UI have an OpenSSF Scorecard?
AG-UI has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 7.3/10. The Scorecard checks for branch protection, signed releases, dependency updates, fuzzing, code review, and other supply-chain hygiene items. See the full check breakdown on this page.
Is AG-UI actively maintained?
Actively maintained. The repository was pushed to within the last 1 day(s).
What license does AG-UI use?
AG-UI ships under MIT. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.
Are AG-UI's commits signed?
32% of the last 100 commits to AG-UI are verified-signed (GPG, SSH, S/MIME, or GitHub's signing flow). Signed commits help confirm that code was authored by who the commit claims.

Not a safety endorsement. HVTracker describes what public signals show, not whether a project is safe for your use case. Run your own security review before adopting in production.

AI agent surface

MCP, providers, tool surface
Scored in HVTrust

These runtime-trust fields — detected from public repo docs and manifests — contribute a bounded adjustment to this project's HVTrust score alongside supply-chain evidence. The exact values each field can add or subtract are documented in the methodology → Compare this surface across every listed agent in the capability matrix →

MCP Server Support
None detected
No MCP server signal detected.
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
External Service Dependencies
high confidence
2 detected
Public provider/service dependencies detected.
Credential signal: No explicit API-key/config marker detected.
Tool / Plugin Surface
high confidence
Declared
Declared plugin/integration surface detected.
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
Package Provenance Drift
N/A
No package source configured
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
  • MCP signal live
  • External deps live
  • Tool / plugin surface live
  • Package provenance drift live

Maintain AG-UI?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores AG-UI from public signals only — we never contact maintainers first. If a signal is wrong, stale, or missing (provenance you publish, a Scorecard you run, signed releases), tell us and we'll review it. Corrections are public and tracked on GitHub.

Reputation Timeline

Signal history
Rank 35Grade 9Listed 1
2026-10-21
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2026-10-19
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2026-10-18
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2026-10-16
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2026-07-29
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2026-07-28
Newly Listed
First tracked at rank #140

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