Is BoxLite safe to use?

BoxLite has an HVTrust score of 85.1/100 (Grade A), ranked #90 of 1371 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for BoxLite?

BoxLite scores 85.1/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 2.5k GitHub stars and is categorized under Sandboxes & Runtimes.

BoxLite

Repository

Website

The micro-VM for AI agents — light enough to embed on your laptop, elastic enough to power an agentic cloud.

Sandboxes & Runtimes TypeScript Listed Apache-2.0

Is BoxLite safe? Strong public trust posture, backed by multiple independent signals.

OSSF Scorecard 5.1 / 10

Provenance Attested

Signed commits 100%

Last push today

Advisories None known

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In detail: BoxLite scores 85.1/100 (Grade A), ranked #90 of 1371 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage B (3 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: its packages ship with cryptographic provenance; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 5.1/10; 100% of recent commits are signed; no published advisory affects its latest release (@boxlite-ai/boxlite, boxlite); last pushed 2026-10-13. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

How BoxLite 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.

Raise the OSSF Scorecard from 5.1 to 9.0lowest checks: CII-Best-Practices 0, Dangerous-Workflow 0, Fuzzing 0 +6.5 → 91.6 A · #1 of 11

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Chain of custody

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

Source Signed

github.com/boxlite-ai/boxlite, Apache-2.0, last pushed 2026-10-13. 100% of the last 100 commits carry a verified signature, so changes trace to a verified account.
Review and release Mixed

OpenSSF Scorecard rates the repository's practices 5.1/10 (scanned Oct 4, 2026). The checks that decide who can get a change released:
- Code Review6
- Branch Protection5
- Signed Releases0
- Dangerous Workflow0
- Token Permissions0
- Pinned Dependencies1
All 18 Scorecard checks

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 5

CI-Tests 10

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 6

Contributors 10

Dangerous-Workflow 0

Dependency-Update-Tool 10

Fuzzing 0

License 10

Maintained 10

Packaging 10

Pinned-Dependencies 1

SAST 9

Security-Policy 10

Signed-Releases 0

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 0
Published packages Linked and attested
- npm @boxlite-ai/boxlite Source link points back to this repo Build provenance attested
- PyPI boxlite Source link points back to this repo Build provenance attested
What you install today No known advisories

Latest releases checked: @boxlite-ai/boxlite 0.10.6, boxlite 0.10.6. No published advisory affects it (OSV, checked 2026-10-13).

Changes to this chain

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

Evidence behind this score

Coverage B: 3 of 5 independent evidence types found.

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

Verify this score yourself

Every build re-issues BoxLite’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.

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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 BoxLite compares in Sandboxes & Runtimes

Bars show each HVTrust score; the tick marks BoxLite’s 85.1.

Where the 85.1 comes from

HVTrust dimensions vs the Sandboxes & Runtimes average

85.1 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

BoxLite Sandboxes & Runtimes average (11 agents)

Safety / Integrity50% OSSF Scorecard · 30% provenance · 20% signed commits

18.9 / 25

8.5 above avg 10.4

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

18.0 / 18

6.5 above avg 11.5

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

12.8 / 17

0.8 above avg 12.0

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

20.0 / 20

5.7 above avg 14.3

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

14.0 / 20

1.3 above avg 12.7

Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It

Improve adoption to lift the weakest part of the trust profile.

Recent Changes

2026-10-13

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependency: Anthropic

2026-09-23

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 27 spots (#45 → #72)

2026-09-21

Rank Moved

Rank rose 23 spots (#68 → #45)

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 5.1/10. Tighten the weakest checks to improve public safety evidence.

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81.2

Activity sub-score · out of 100

In Sandboxes & Runtimes

How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption. Grade A reflects the trust score band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Evidence coverage B is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (3 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →

Rank Trend

2026-09-29 2026-10-13

Activity & Reach

Stars

2.5k

Forks

208

Last Push

2026-10-13

today

Commits (4 wk)

132

Downloads (7d)

24,340

npm+pypi

HN mentions (30d)

—

Open Issues

124

Rank Change

▼3

was #87

Analysis

Activity Inputs

81.2 / 100

StarsRepository reach

20.4 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

25.0 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

25 / 25

CommunityFork signal

10.8 / 20

Common questions about BoxLite

Public supply-chain signals for BoxLite are strong: it has multiple independent trust indicators in place. This does not replace your own security review, but BoxLite carries less obvious unverified-evidence risk than projects with thin signals.

Does BoxLite publish package provenance?

Yes. BoxLite's package releases carry build provenance attestations, which cryptographically link the published package back to its source repository and CI workflow.

Does BoxLite have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

BoxLite 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 BoxLite actively maintained?

Actively maintained. The repository was pushed to within the last 1 day(s).

What license does BoxLite use?

BoxLite ships under Apache-2.0. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.

Are BoxLite's commits signed?

100% of the last 100 commits to BoxLite 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.

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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

3 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.

browser
database

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

Package Provenance Drift

high confidence

Match

Published package metadata matches the tracked repo

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 BoxLite'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.

2026-10-13

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependency: Anthropic

2026-08-21

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: none → declared

2026-08-12

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: declared → none

Maintain BoxLite?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores BoxLite 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.

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Reputation Timeline

Signal history

2026-10-13

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependency: Anthropic

2026-09-23

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 27 spots (#45 → #72)

2026-09-21

Rank Moved

Rank rose 23 spots (#68 → #45)

2026-09-05

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 10 spots (#57 → #67)

2026-08-21

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: none → declared

2026-08-12

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: declared → none

2026-07-21

Grade Changed

Trust grade B → A

2026-07-21

Rank Moved

Rank rose 15 spots (#56 → #41)

2026-07-21

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 4.5pts (79.9 → 84.4)

2026-07-20

Grade Changed

Trust grade A → B

2026-07-20

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 15 spots (#41 → #56)

2026-07-20

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust down 4.5pts (84.4 → 79.9)

GitHub → Website → PyPI: boxlite npm: @boxlite-ai/boxlite

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BoxLite

How BoxLite could raise its score

Chain of custody

Source Signed

Review and release Mixed

Published packages Linked and attested

What you install today No known advisories

Changes to this chain

Evidence behind this score

Verify this score yourself

What this score doesn’t check

How BoxLite compares in Sandboxes & Runtimes

Where the 85.1 comes from

HVTrust dimensions vs the Sandboxes & Runtimes average

Quick Trust Read

Rank Trend

Activity & Reach

Analysis

Activity Inputs

Common questions about BoxLite

Compare BoxLite head-to-head

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Reputation Timeline

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