Is Crawl4AI safe to use?

Crawl4AI has an HVTrust score of 64.4/100 (Grade C), ranked #248 of 1308 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for Crawl4AI?

Crawl4AI scores 64.4/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 79.4k GitHub stars and is categorized under Research & Data.

Crawl4AI

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Research & Data Python Grade C Listed Apache-2.0

64.4/100

Rank #248 of 1308

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade A · 4/5 signals

Last push

2026-08-25 · 0d ago

Recent change

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Is Crawl4AI safe? Crawl4AI scores 64.4/100 (Grade C), ranked #248 of 1308 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage A (4 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: no package-provenance attestation found; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 5.2/10; 25% 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

2026-08-24

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 12 spots (#239 → #251)

2026-08-22

Rank Moved

Rank rose 15 spots (#251 → #236)

2026-08-19

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 13 spots (#238 → #251)

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 5.2/10. 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.

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72.6

Activity sub-score · out of 100

In Research & Data

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 (4 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →

Rank Trend

2026-08-11 2026-08-25

Activity & Reach

Stars

79.4k

Forks

8.2k

Last Push

2026-08-25

today

Commits (4 wk)

Downloads (7d)

390,249

pypi

HN mentions (30d)

Open Issues

Rank Change

▲3

was #251

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Research & Data

64.4 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

Crawl4AI Research & Data average (32 agents)

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

7.8 / 25

1.1 above avg 6.7

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

10.8 / 18

0.9 below avg 11.7

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

12.9 / 17

1.8 above avg 11.1

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

12.0 / 20

0.5 below avg 12.5

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

19.2 / 20

8.2 above avg 11.0

Activity Inputs

72.6 / 100

StarsRepository reach

29.4 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

25.0 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

0.0 / 25

CommunityFork signal

18.2 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

5.2 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Aug 24, 2026

Signed Commits

25%

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 5

CI-Tests 3

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 8

Contributors 10

Dangerous-Workflow 10

Dependency-Update-Tool 0

Fuzzing 0

License 10

Maintained 10

Packaging 10

Pinned-Dependencies 0

SAST 0

Security-Policy 10

Signed-Releases -1

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 0

Is Crawl4AI safe?

Crawl4AI 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 Crawl4AI publish package provenance?

No published build provenance is currently detected for Crawl4AI. This is common for open-source projects but means consumers cannot independently verify that the package on the registry matches the GitHub source.

Does Crawl4AI have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

Crawl4AI has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 5.2/10. 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 Crawl4AI actively maintained?

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

What license does Crawl4AI use?

Crawl4AI ships under Apache-2.0. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.

Are Crawl4AI's commits signed?

25% of the last 100 commits to Crawl4AI 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

low 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

high confidence

1 detected

Public provider/service dependencies detected.

OpenAI

Credential signal: API keys or service config markers documented.

Tool / Plugin Surface

high confidence

Marketplace

Marketplace plugin/integration surface detected.

browser

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

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For maintainers

HVTrust scores Crawl4AI 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

2026-08-24

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 12 spots (#239 → #251)

2026-08-22

Rank Moved

Rank rose 15 spots (#251 → #236)

2026-08-19

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 13 spots (#238 → #251)

2026-08-17

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Rank rose 14 spots (#254 → #240)

2026-08-16

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 15 spots (#239 → #254)

2026-08-14

Grade Changed

Trust grade B → C

2026-08-14

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Rank dropped 44 spots (#198 → #242)

2026-08-14

Activity Score Changed

Activity score down 6pts (79 → 72)

2026-08-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 32 spots (#166 → #198)

2026-08-12

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Rank rose 13 spots (#179 → #166)

2026-08-10

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Rank dropped 31 spots (#154 → #185)

2026-08-08

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Rank dropped 21 spots (#125 → #146)

2026-07-13

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Rank dropped 14 spots (#91 → #105)

2026-07-08

Rank Moved

Rank rose 15 spots (#116 → #101)

2026-07-08

Activity Score Changed

Activity score up 8pts (83 → 91)

2026-07-06

Grade Changed

Trust grade C → B

2026-07-03

Grade Changed

Trust grade C → B

2026-07-02

Grade Changed

Trust grade B → C

2026-07-01

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 13 spots (#117 → #130)

2026-06-10

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Rank dropped 10 spots (#92 → #102)

2026-06-02

Grade Changed

Trust grade C → B

2026-06-02

Rank Moved

Rank rose 25 spots (#100 → #75)

2026-06-02

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 6.4pts (61.2 → 67.6)

2026-06-02

Activity Score Changed

Activity score up 19pts (71 → 90)

2026-06-01

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 15 spots (#85 → #100)

2026-05-29

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 30 spots (#68 → #98)

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