Airbyte

Open-source data movement for ELT pipelines and AI agents — from APIs, databases & files to warehouses, lakes, and AI applications. Both self-hosted and Cloud.

Workflow Platforms Python Listed NOASSERTION Source-available

Is Airbyte safe? Promising trust profile, but some evidence still deserves review.

OSSF Scorecard 5.1 / 10
Provenance None
Signed commits 100%
Last push today
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In detail: Airbyte scores 66.8/100 (Grade B), ranked #454 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 5.1/10; 100% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-10-17. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

How Airbyte 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 Airbyte 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 Signed

    github.com/airbytehq/airbyte, NOASSERTION, last pushed 2026-10-17. 100% of the last 100 commits carry a verified signature, so changes trace to a verified account.

  2. Review and release Mixed

    OpenSSF Scorecard rates the repository's practices 5.1/10 (scanned Oct 15, 2026). The checks that decide who can get a change released:

    • Code Review10
    • Branch Protection4
    • Signed Releasesn/a
    • Dangerous Workflow0
    • Token Permissions0
    • Pinned Dependencies7
    All 18 Scorecard checks
    Binary-Artifacts 7
    Branch-Protection 4
    CI-Tests 10
    CII-Best-Practices 0
    Code-Review 10
    Contributors 10
    Dangerous-Workflow 0
    Dependency-Update-Tool 10
    Fuzzing 0
    License 9
    Maintained 10
    Packaging 10
    Pinned-Dependencies 7
    SAST 7
    Security-Policy 0
    Signed-Releases -1
    Token-Permissions 0
    Vulnerabilities 0
  3. Published packages None

    No registry package. Airbyte 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 Airbyte.

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 Airbyte’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 Airbyte compares in Workflow Platforms

  1. #7 Flyte 71.5 +4.7
  2. #8 Hatchet 67.3 +0.5
  3. #9 Airbyte 66.8 this agent
  4. #10 Nocobase 65.7 −1.1
  5. #11 Sim 65.1 −1.7

Bars show each HVTrust score; the tick marks Airbyte’s 66.8.

Where the 66.8 comes from

HVTrust dimensions vs the Workflow Platforms average

66.8 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

Airbyte Workflow Platforms average (26 agents)

Safety / Integrity50% OSSF Scorecard · 30% provenance · 20% signed commits
11.4 / 25
0.8 above avg 10.6
Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance
10.8 / 18
1.1 below avg 11.9
Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard
12.8 / 17
in line with avg 12.6
Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity
20.0 / 20
2.9 above avg 17.1
AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads
10.4 / 20
2.4 below avg 12.8

Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It
Publish package provenance or release attestations for stronger supply-chain evidence.
Recent Changes
2026-10-15
Rank Moved
Rank rose 35 spots (#488 → #453)
2026-10-13
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 33 spots (#453 → #486)
2026-10-10
Rank Moved
Rank rose 36 spots (#484 → #448)
Maintainer Checklist
Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 5.1/10. Tighten the weakest checks to improve public safety evidence.
Publish provenance Add package provenance or release attestations so users can verify where shipped artifacts came from.
93.5
Activity sub-score · out of 100
#9

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 2026-10-17 16:06 UTC · Repo last pushed today

Rank Trend

2026-09-29 2026-10-17

Activity & Reach

Stars
22.2k
Forks
5.4k
Last Push
2026-10-17
today
Commits (4 wk)
2111
Downloads (7d)
—
HN mentions (30d)
—
Open Issues
683
Rank Change
▼2
was #452

Analysis

Activity Inputs

93.5 / 100
StarsRepository reach
26.1 / 30
FreshnessLast push recency
25.0 / 25
ActivityRecent commits
25 / 25
CommunityFork signal
17.4 / 20

Common questions about Airbyte

Source-available software. A lower HVTrust score reflects fewer public supply-chain artifacts (open license, build provenance, signed commits) — not a security finding. Airbyte may have internal security practices not visible through public signals.
Airbyte 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 Airbyte publish package provenance?
No published build provenance is currently detected for Airbyte. This is common for open-source projects but means consumers cannot independently verify that the package on the registry matches the GitHub source.
Does Airbyte have an OpenSSF Scorecard?
Airbyte has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 5.1/10. 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 Airbyte actively maintained?
Actively maintained. The repository was pushed to within the last 1 day(s).
What license does Airbyte use?
Airbyte ships under NOASSERTION. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.
Are Airbyte's commits signed?
100% of the last 100 commits to Airbyte 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
high confidence
Implemented
Airbyte appears to expose MCP server capabilities.
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
External Service Dependencies
None detected
No clear third-party provider dependency detected.
Credential signal: No explicit API-key/config marker detected.
Tool / Plugin Surface
high confidence
Extensions
Extension based 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
How this surface has changed

Detected changes to Airbyte's runtime surface and supply-chain posture, from daily public-signal snapshots. A change here means our detectors see something different — a genuinely changed capability, or better evidence of an existing one.

2026-08-12
Tool Surface Changed
Detected tool/plugin surface changed: declared → extension-based

Maintain Airbyte?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores Airbyte 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 24Surface 1
2026-10-15
Rank Moved
Rank rose 35 spots (#488 → #453)
2026-10-13
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Rank dropped 33 spots (#453 → #486)
2026-10-10
Rank Moved
Rank rose 36 spots (#484 → #448)
2026-10-09
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Rank dropped 14 spots (#470 → #484)
2026-10-07
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2026-09-23
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2026-09-21
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2026-09-19
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2026-09-11
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2026-09-07
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2026-09-06
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2026-09-05
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2026-09-04
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2026-09-03
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2026-08-31
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2026-08-26
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2026-08-24
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2026-08-22
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2026-08-19
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2026-08-17
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2026-08-14
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Rank dropped 11 spots (#199 → #210)
2026-08-13
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Rank dropped 21 spots (#178 → #199)
2026-08-12
Tool Surface Changed
Detected tool/plugin surface changed: declared → extension-based
2026-08-10
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 10 spots (#176 → #186)
2026-08-08
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Rank dropped 26 spots (#150 → #176)

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