Is Claude Code safe to use?

Claude Code has an HVTrust score of 64.0/100 (Grade C), ranked #244 of 1308 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for Claude Code?

Claude Code scores 64.0/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 142.9k GitHub stars and is categorized under Coding Agents.

Claude Code

anthropics/claude-code

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster

Coding Agents Python Grade C Needs review Proprietary

64.0/100

Rank #244 of 1308

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Listing state

Needs review

Evidence coverage

Grade A · 5/5 signals

Last push

2026-08-25 · 0d ago

Recent change

Rank +3

Is Claude Code safe? Claude Code scores 64.0/100 (Grade C), ranked #244 of 1308 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage A (5 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: no package-provenance attestation found; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 5.3/10; 15% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-08-25. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

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Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It

Publish package provenance or release attestations for stronger supply-chain evidence.

Recent Changes

2026-08-25

Rank Moved

Rank rose 19 spots (#263 → #244)

2026-08-24

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 19 spots (#244 → #263)

2026-08-22

Rank Moved

Rank rose 16 spots (#262 → #246)

Maintainer Checklist

Declare an open license Publish a clear OSI-approved license so usage and maintenance terms are independently verifiable.

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 5.3/10. 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.

Increase signed commits Raise the share of verified-signed commits to make maintainer identity and release history easier to trust.

Review Flags

[4.1.1] no declared license (GitHub license field is null)

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92.4

Activity sub-score · out of 100

#19

In Coding Agents

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

Rank Trend

2026-08-11 2026-08-25

Activity & Reach

Stars

142.9k

Forks

22.9k

Last Push

2026-08-25

today

Commits (4 wk)

Downloads (7d)

22,614,173

npm

HN mentions (30d)

470

Open Issues

14589

Rank Change

▲19

was #263

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Coding Agents

64.0 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

Claude Code Coding Agents average (70 agents)

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

7.4 / 25

in line with avg 7.6

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

10.8 / 18

0.8 below avg 11.6

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

4.5 / 17

6.6 below avg 11.1

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

17.6 / 20

2.7 above avg 14.9

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

20.0 / 20

7.8 above avg 12.2

Activity Inputs

92.4 / 100

StarsRepository reach

30 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

25.0 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

17.4 / 25

CommunityFork signal

20 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

5.3 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Aug 25, 2026

Signed Commits

15%

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 5

CI-Tests 0

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 0

Contributors 10

Dangerous-Workflow 10

Dependency-Update-Tool 0

Fuzzing 0

License 9

Maintained 10

Packaging -1

Pinned-Dependencies 3

SAST 0

Security-Policy 10

Signed-Releases 8

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 10

Is Claude Code safe?

Proprietary software. A lower HVTrust score reflects fewer public supply-chain artifacts (open license, build provenance, signed commits) — not a security finding. Claude Code may have internal security practices not visible through public signals.

Claude Code 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 Claude Code publish package provenance?

No published build provenance is currently detected for Claude Code. This is common for open-source projects but means consumers cannot independently verify that the package on the registry matches the GitHub source.

Does Claude Code have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

Claude Code has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 5.3/10. 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 Claude Code actively maintained?

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

What license does Claude Code use?

Claude Code ships under no SPDX license detected. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.

Are Claude Code's commits signed?

15% of the last 100 commits to Claude Code 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

medium confidence

1 detected

Public provider/service dependencies detected.

Anthropic

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

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 Claude Code'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.

2026-07-17

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependency: Anthropic

Maintain Claude Code?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores Claude Code 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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Public Actions

Actions (30d)

96952

Merged (30d)

87276

Merge rate

90%

Top repos (sampled)

Action counts reflect activity on public repos where this agent left detectable fingerprints. Private repo usage is invisible. Counts are approximate (GitHub Search API caps at 1,000 results per query). Methodology described in the Provenance Profile spec.

Reputation Timeline

Signal history

2026-08-25

Rank Moved

Rank rose 19 spots (#263 → #244)

2026-08-24

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 19 spots (#244 → #263)

2026-08-22

Rank Moved

Rank rose 16 spots (#262 → #246)

2026-08-19

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 12 spots (#247 → #259)

2026-08-17

Rank Moved

Rank rose 20 spots (#266 → #246)

2026-08-16

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 10 spots (#256 → #266)

2026-08-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 18 spots (#237 → #255)

2026-08-12

Rank Moved

Rank rose 15 spots (#252 → #237)

2026-08-10

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 13 spots (#242 → #255)

2026-08-08

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 40 spots (#195 → #235)

2026-08-04

Rank Moved

Rank rose 14 spots (#173 → #159)

2026-07-26

Grade Changed

Trust grade B → C

2026-07-17

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependency: Anthropic

2026-07-14

Grade Changed

Trust grade C → B

2026-07-13

Grade Changed

Trust grade B → C

2026-07-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 17 spots (#120 → #137)

2026-06-24

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 13 spots (#150 → #163)

2026-06-05

Listing State Changed

Listing state changed from legacy to warning

2026-06-03

Listing State Changed

Listing state changed from listed to legacy

2026-06-03

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 36 spots (#102 → #138)

2026-06-03

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust down 10.6pts (61.8 → 51.2)

2026-06-01

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 12 spots (#82 → #94)

2026-05-29

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 28 spots (#73 → #101)

2026-05-28

Activity Score Changed

Activity score up 20pts (75 → 95)

GitHub → npm: @anthropic-ai/claude-code

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