Is Crush safe to use?

Crush has an HVTrust score of 65.3/100 (Grade B), ranked #254 of 1316 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for Crush?

Crush scores 65.3/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 27.7k GitHub stars and is categorized under Coding Agents.

Crush

charmbracelet/crush

Glamourous agentic coding for all 💘

Coding Agents Go Grade B Listed NOASSERTION Source-available

65.3/100

Rank #254 of 1316

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade C · 2/5 signals

Last push

2026-08-27 · 0d ago

Recent change

Rank +2

Is Crush safe? Crush scores 65.3/100 (Grade B), ranked #254 of 1316 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 6.9/10; 56% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-08-27. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

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What Would Improve It

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

Recent Changes

2026-08-26

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 26 spots (#224 → #250)

2026-08-24

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 15 spots (#211 → #226)

2026-08-22

Rank Moved

Rank rose 17 spots (#229 → #212)

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 6.9/10. 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.

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92.2

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 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 →

Rank Trend

2026-08-11 2026-08-27

Activity & Reach

Stars

27.7k

Forks

2.2k

Last Push

2026-08-27

today

Commits (4 wk)

158

Downloads (7d)

—

HN mentions (30d)

—

Open Issues

403

Rank Change

▼4

was #250

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Coding Agents

65.3 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

Crush Coding Agents average (70 agents)

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

11.4 / 25

3.5 above avg 7.9

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

10.8 / 18

0.8 below avg 11.6

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

14.4 / 17

3.1 above avg 11.3

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

20.0 / 20

5.2 above avg 14.8

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

10.7 / 20

1.6 below avg 12.3

Activity Inputs

92.2 / 100

StarsRepository reach

26.7 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

25.0 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

25 / 25

CommunityFork signal

15.5 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

6.9 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Aug 25, 2026

Signed Commits

56%

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 3

CI-Tests 10

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 3

Contributors 10

Dangerous-Workflow 10

Dependency-Update-Tool 10

Fuzzing 0

License 9

Maintained 10

Packaging 10

Pinned-Dependencies 6

SAST 10

Security-Policy 10

Signed-Releases 8

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 6

Is Crush safe?

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

Crush 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 Crush publish package provenance?

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

Does Crush have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

Crush has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 6.9/10. 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 Crush actively maintained?

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

What license does Crush use?

Crush ships under NOASSERTION. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.

Are Crush's commits signed?

56% of the last 100 commits to Crush 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

medium confidence

Implemented

Crush appears to expose MCP server capabilities.

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

External Service Dependencies

high confidence

8 detected

Public provider/service dependencies detected.

Credential signal: API keys or service config markers documented.

Tool / Plugin Surface

None detected

No clear plugin system or broad tool 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 Crush'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 dependencies: DeepSeek, Groq, OpenRouter

Maintain Crush?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores Crush 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

2026-08-26

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 26 spots (#224 → #250)

2026-08-24

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 15 spots (#211 → #226)

2026-08-22

Rank Moved

Rank rose 17 spots (#229 → #212)

2026-08-19

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 14 spots (#216 → #230)

2026-08-17

Rank Moved

Rank rose 14 spots (#231 → #217)

2026-08-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 22 spots (#196 → #218)

2026-08-12

Rank Moved

Rank rose 13 spots (#209 → #196)

2026-08-08

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 38 spots (#166 → #204)

2026-07-21

Grade Changed

Trust grade B → C

2026-07-17

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependencies: DeepSeek, Groq, OpenRouter

2026-07-16

Grade Changed

Trust grade C → B

2026-07-16

Rank Moved

Rank rose 20 spots (#161 → #141)

2026-07-13

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #153

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