Is Franklin safe to use?

Franklin has an HVTrust score of 57.1/100 (Grade C), ranked #700 of 1328 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for Franklin?

Franklin scores 57.1/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 555 GitHub stars and is categorized under Agent Frameworks.

Franklin

BlockRunAI/Franklin

The AI agent with a wallet — spends USDC autonomously to get real work done. Apache-2.0, TypeScript.

Agent Frameworks TypeScript Grade C Listed Apache-2.0

57.1/100

Rank #700 of 1328

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade C · 2/5 signals

Last push

2026-09-15 · 3d ago

Recent change

Rank

Is Franklin safe? Franklin scores 57.1/100 (Grade C), ranked #700 of 1328 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 4.3/10; 44% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-09-15. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

Ranked neighbours in Agent Frameworks

#66 BitFun — 57.5 (C) → #67 Crabtalk — 57.2 (C) → #69 waku-agent — 56.0 (C) → #70 IntentKit — 55.5 (C) →

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What Would Improve It

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

Recent Changes

2026-09-11

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 35 spots (#663 → #698)

2026-09-08

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 14 spots (#648 → #662)

2026-09-07

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 41 spots (#607 → #648)

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 4.3/10. 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.

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73.4

Activity sub-score · out of 100

#68

In Agent Frameworks

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 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 2026-09-18

Activity & Reach

Stars

555

Forks

Last Push

2026-09-15

3 days ago

Commits (4 wk)

Downloads (7d)

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HN mentions (30d)

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Open Issues

Rank Change

was #700

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Agent Frameworks

57.1 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

Franklin Agent Frameworks average (122 agents)

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

7.6 / 25

2.1 below avg 9.7

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

10.8 / 18

0.8 below avg 11.6

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

12.2 / 17

in line with avg 12.4

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

19.5 / 20

5.6 above avg 13.9

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

6.6 / 20

4.6 below avg 11.2

Activity Inputs

73.4 / 100

StarsRepository reach

16.5 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

24.6 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

24.1 / 25

CommunityFork signal

8.1 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

4.3 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Sep 14, 2026

Signed Commits

44%

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 0

CI-Tests 10

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 0

Contributors 3

Dangerous-Workflow 10

Dependency-Update-Tool 10

Fuzzing 0

License 10

Maintained 10

Packaging 10

Pinned-Dependencies 2

SAST 0

Security-Policy 0

Signed-Releases 0

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 1

Is Franklin safe?

Franklin 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 Franklin publish package provenance?

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

Does Franklin have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

Franklin has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 4.3/10. 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 Franklin actively maintained?

Actively maintained. The repository was pushed to within the last 3 day(s).

What license does Franklin use?

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

Are Franklin's commits signed?

44% of the last 100 commits to Franklin 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

high confidence

Implemented

Franklin appears to expose MCP server capabilities.

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

External Service Dependencies

low confidence

None detected

No clear third-party provider dependency detected.

Credential signal: API keys or service config markers documented.

Tool / Plugin Surface

high confidence

Declared

Declared plugin/integration surface detected.

browser

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 Franklin'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.

2026-08-12

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: marketplace → declared

Maintain Franklin?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores Franklin 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

2026-09-11

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 35 spots (#663 → #698)

2026-09-08

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 14 spots (#648 → #662)

2026-09-07

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 41 spots (#607 → #648)

2026-09-05

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 59 spots (#547 → #606)

2026-09-04

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 15 spots (#532 → #547)

2026-09-01

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 10 spots (#530 → #540)

2026-08-31

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 11 spots (#519 → #530)

2026-08-30

Scorecard Added

OSSF Scorecard: 4.2/10

2026-08-30

Grade Changed

Trust grade D → C

2026-08-30

Rank Moved

Rank rose 587 spots (#1106 → #519)

2026-08-30

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 31.3pts (23.0 → 54.3)

2026-08-29

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 25 spots (#1081 → #1106)

2026-08-28

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 28 spots (#1053 → #1081)

2026-08-27

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Rank dropped 26 spots (#1027 → #1053)

2026-08-24

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Rank dropped 96 spots (#930 → #1026)

2026-08-21

Rank Moved

Rank rose 13 spots (#950 → #937)

2026-08-20

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 14 spots (#936 → #950)

2026-08-16

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 30 spots (#898 → #928)

2026-08-12

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: marketplace → declared

2026-08-12

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 16 spots (#875 → #891)

2026-08-10

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 48 spots (#816 → #864)

2026-08-08

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 362 spots (#457 → #819)

2026-08-03

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #432

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