updated 2026-10-18 00:07 UTC

CodeWhale

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Open-source Rust agent engine and terminal client for Codewhale, with provider choice, tools, approvals and receipts.

Coding Agents Rust Listed MIT

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

OSSF Scorecard 6.1 / 10
Provenance Attested
Signed commits 33%
Last push yesterday
Advisories None known
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In detail: CodeWhale scores 84.2/100 (Grade A), ranked #102 of 1378 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 6.1/10; 33% of recent commits are signed; no published advisory affects its latest release (codewhale); last pushed 2026-10-17. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

How CodeWhale 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.

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Chain of custody

Scanners check what the code says. This traces who ships CodeWhale 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.

  1. Source Partly signed

    github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale, MIT, last pushed 2026-10-17. 33% of the last 100 commits carry a verified signature; the rest can't be tied to a verified identity.

  2. Review and release Mixed

    OpenSSF Scorecard rates the repository's practices 6.1/10 (scanned Oct 17, 2026). The checks that decide who can get a change released:

    • Code Review1
    • Branch Protection3
    • Signed Releases0
    • Dangerous Workflow10
    • Token Permissions0
    • Pinned Dependencies4
    All 18 Scorecard checks
    Binary-Artifacts 9
    Branch-Protection 3
    CI-Tests 10
    CII-Best-Practices 0
    Code-Review 1
    Contributors 10
    Dangerous-Workflow 10
    Dependency-Update-Tool 10
    Fuzzing 0
    License 10
    Maintained 10
    Packaging 10
    Pinned-Dependencies 4
    SAST 8
    Security-Policy 10
    Signed-Releases 0
    Token-Permissions 0
    Vulnerabilities 8

  3. Published packages Partly attested

    • npm codewhale Source link points to this repo's current name Build provenance attested

  4. What you install today No known advisories

    Latest release checked: codewhale 0.10.1. No published advisory affects it (OSV, checked 2026-10-17).

Changes to this chain

  • 2026-09-15 Package provenance attestation detected

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 CodeWhale’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 CodeWhale compares in Coding Agents

  1. #5 Bernstein 89.1 +4.9
  2. #6 Hermes Agent 85.0 +0.8
  3. #7 CodeWhale 84.2 this agent
  4. #8 oh-my-pi 83.7 −0.5
  5. #9 Mistral Vibe 83.1 −1.1

Bars show each HVTrust score; the tick marks CodeWhale’s 84.2.

Where the 84.2 comes from

HVTrust dimensions vs the Coding Agents average

84.2 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

CodeWhale Coding Agents average (77 agents)

Safety / Integrity50% OSSF Scorecard · 30% provenance · 20% signed commits
16.8 / 25
7.6 above avg 9.2
Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance
18.0 / 18
6.3 above avg 11.7
Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard
13.7 / 17
1.8 above avg 11.9
Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity
19.9 / 20
5.1 above avg 14.8
AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads
16.1 / 20
4.0 above avg 12.1

Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It
Increase the share of verified signed commits for clearer maintainer identity.
Recent Changes
2026-10-16
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 24 spots (#78 → #102)
2026-10-12
Rank Moved
Rank rose 35 spots (#111 → #76)
2026-10-12
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust up 3.0pts (83.2 → 86.2)
Maintainer Checklist
Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 6.1/10. Tighten the weakest checks to improve public safety evidence.
Increase signed commits Raise the share of verified-signed commits to make maintainer identity and release history easier to trust.
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94.2
Activity sub-score · out of 100
#7
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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 →

Signals refreshed 2026-10-18 00:07 UTC · Repo last pushed yesterday

Rank Trend

2026-09-29 2026-10-17

Activity & Reach

Stars
41.1k
Forks
3.6k
Last Push
2026-10-17
yesterday
Commits (4 wk)
3084
Downloads (7d)
5,731
npm
HN mentions (30d)
—
Open Issues
204
Rank Change
▼1
was #101

Analysis

Activity Inputs

94.2 / 100
StarsRepository reach
27.7 / 30
FreshnessLast push recency
24.9 / 25
ActivityRecent commits
25 / 25
CommunityFork signal
16.5 / 20

Common questions about CodeWhale

Public supply-chain signals for CodeWhale are strong: it has multiple independent trust indicators in place. This does not replace your own security review, but CodeWhale carries less obvious unverified-evidence risk than projects with thin signals.
Does CodeWhale publish package provenance?
Yes. CodeWhale's package releases carry build provenance attestations, which cryptographically link the published package back to its source repository and CI workflow.
Does CodeWhale have an OpenSSF Scorecard?
CodeWhale has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 6.1/10. 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 CodeWhale actively maintained?
Actively maintained. The repository was pushed to within the last 1 day(s).
What license does CodeWhale use?
CodeWhale ships under MIT. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.
Are CodeWhale's commits signed?
33% of the last 100 commits to CodeWhale 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.

Compare CodeWhale head-to-head

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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
medium confidence
Declared
MCP support appears present, but direct server implementation is less certain.
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
Declared
Declared plugin/integration surface detected.
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
Package Provenance Drift
low confidence
Unknown
Package source metadata is missing or inconclusive
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 CodeWhale'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.

2026-09-15
Provenance Added
Package provenance attestation detected
2026-09-02
Provider Removed
Runtime surface shrank — no longer detected: Anthropic

Maintain CodeWhale?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores CodeWhale 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
Rank 30HVTrust 3Surface 1Grade 1Provenance 1
2026-10-16
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 24 spots (#78 → #102)
2026-10-12
Rank Moved
Rank rose 35 spots (#111 → #76)
2026-10-12
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust up 3.0pts (83.2 → 86.2)
2026-10-08
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 48 spots (#48 → #96)
2026-10-08
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust down 3.0pts (87.5 → 84.5)
2026-10-05
Rank Moved
Rank rose 15 spots (#73 → #58)
2026-10-04
Rank Moved
Rank rose 10 spots (#83 → #73)
2026-10-02
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 22 spots (#59 → #81)
2026-09-24
Rank Moved
Rank rose 36 spots (#80 → #44)
2026-09-23
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 40 spots (#40 → #80)
2026-09-21
Rank Moved
Rank rose 30 spots (#71 → #41)
2026-09-18
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 14 spots (#67 → #81)
2026-09-17
Rank Moved
Rank rose 12 spots (#79 → #67)
2026-09-15
Provenance Added
Package provenance attestation detected
2026-09-15
Grade Changed
Trust grade B → A
2026-09-15
Rank Moved
Rank rose 233 spots (#312 → #79)
2026-09-15
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust up 14.2pts (70.7 → 84.9)
2026-09-11
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 11 spots (#302 → #313)
2026-09-10
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 28 spots (#274 → #302)
2026-09-09
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 14 spots (#260 → #274)
2026-09-07
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 20 spots (#235 → #255)
2026-09-06
Rank Moved
Rank rose 24 spots (#259 → #235)
2026-09-05
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 72 spots (#187 → #259)
2026-09-04
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 23 spots (#164 → #187)
2026-09-02
Provider Removed
Runtime surface shrank — no longer detected: Anthropic
2026-09-02
Rank Moved
Rank rose 39 spots (#194 → #155)
2026-08-31
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 42 spots (#149 → #191)
2026-08-26
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 16 spots (#125 → #141)
2026-08-23
Rank Moved
Rank rose 14 spots (#136 → #122)
2026-08-19
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 16 spots (#123 → #139)
2026-08-17
Rank Moved
Rank rose 10 spots (#134 → #124)
2026-08-14
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 13 spots (#127 → #140)
2026-08-12
Rank Moved
Rank rose 19 spots (#137 → #118)
2026-07-25
Rank Moved
Rank rose 11 spots (#107 → #96)
2026-07-23
Rank Moved
Rank rose 13 spots (#112 → #99)
2026-07-21
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 13 spots (#98 → #111)
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Data sources
GitHub REST API (repo, commits, stars, forks, license) · npm Registry (downloads, provenance) · OpenSSF Scorecard CLI
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