FrontierAgent

🧩 FrontierAgent, our agent framework, open-sourced alongside it — native command-line TUI, ReAct and Agent Team modes, one command on macOS and Linux, no preinstall, no hard Docker dependency.

Agent Frameworks Python Listed Apache-2.0

Is FrontierAgent safe? Thin or incomplete trust evidence. Review carefully before production use.

OSSF Scorecard 5.4 / 10
Provenance None
Signed commits 29%
Last push today
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In detail: FrontierAgent scores 53.3/100 (Grade C), ranked #912 of 1387 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 5.4/10; 29% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-11-15. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

How FrontierAgent 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.

Chain of custody

Scanners check what the code says. This traces who ships FrontierAgent and whether that has changed: from the source repository, through how changes are reviewed and released, to the code you run. These are the checks for OWASP ASI04 Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities.

  1. Source Partly signed

    github.com/ApodexAI/FrontierAgent, Apache-2.0, last pushed 2026-11-15. 29% 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 5.4/10 (scanned Nov 12, 2026). The checks that decide who can get a change released:

    • Code Review5
    • Branch Protection6
    • Signed Releasesn/a
    • Dangerous Workflow10
    • Token Permissions0
    • Pinned Dependencies1
    All 18 Scorecard checks
    Binary-Artifacts 10
    Branch-Protection 6
    CI-Tests 10
    CII-Best-Practices 0
    Code-Review 5
    Contributors 6
    Dangerous-Workflow 10
    Dependency-Update-Tool 10
    Fuzzing 0
    License 10
    Maintained 0
    Packaging 10
    Pinned-Dependencies 1
    SAST 4
    Security-Policy 10
    Signed-Releases -1
    Token-Permissions 0
    Vulnerabilities 0
  3. Published packages None

    No registry package. FrontierAgent is used from its repository, so what you run is whatever you check out: pin a release tag or commit.

Changes to this chain

  • 2026-10-05 OSSF Scorecard: 5.7/10

Evidence behind this score

Coverage C: 2 of 5 independent evidence types found.

  • GitHub repository data
  • Package downloads (missing)
  • Supply-chain checks
  • Public actions (missing)
  • Community mentions (missing)

Verify this score yourself

Every build re-issues FrontierAgent’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.

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 FrontierAgent compares in Agent Frameworks

  1. #86 LazyLLM 54.2 +0.9
  2. #87 agentUniverse 53.6 +0.3
  3. #88 FrontierAgent 53.3 this agent
  4. #89 nuwax 53.3 ±0
  5. #90 openagent 53.0 −0.3

Bars show each HVTrust score; the tick marks FrontierAgent’s 53.3.

Where the 53.3 comes from

HVTrust dimensions vs the Agent Frameworks average

53.3 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

FrontierAgent Agent Frameworks average (134 agents)

Safety / Integrity50% OSSF Scorecard · 30% provenance · 20% signed commits
8.2 / 25
1.8 below avg 10.0
Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance
10.8 / 18
0.9 below avg 11.7
Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard
13.1 / 17
0.7 above avg 12.4
Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity
16.3 / 20
1.3 above avg 15.0
AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads
9.0 / 20
2.2 below avg 11.2

Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It
Publish package provenance or release attestations for stronger supply-chain evidence.
Recent Changes
2026-11-13
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 11 spots (#907 → #918)
2026-11-12
Rank Moved
Rank rose 13 spots (#920 → #907)
2026-11-11
Rank Moved
Rank rose 75 spots (#995 → #920)
Maintainer Checklist
Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 5.4/10. 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.
72.7
Activity sub-score · out of 100
#88

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 →

Signals refreshed 2026-11-15 04:07 UTC · Repo last pushed today

Rank Trend

2026-09-29 2026-11-15

Activity & Reach

Stars
5.4k
Forks
342
Last Push
2026-11-15
today
Commits (4 wk)
11
Downloads (7d)
—
HN mentions (30d)
—
Open Issues
4
Rank Change
▲5
was #917

Analysis

Activity Inputs

72.7 / 100
StarsRepository reach
22.4 / 30
FreshnessLast push recency
25.0 / 25
ActivityRecent commits
13.5 / 25
CommunityFork signal
11.8 / 20

Common questions about FrontierAgent

Public trust evidence for FrontierAgent is thin: several supply-chain signals are missing or weak. This does not mean the project is unsafe — it means an outside observer cannot easily verify the usual integrity checks. Treat with extra scrutiny.
Does FrontierAgent publish package provenance?
No published build provenance is currently detected for FrontierAgent. This is common for open-source projects but means consumers cannot independently verify that the package on the registry matches the GitHub source.
Does FrontierAgent have an OpenSSF Scorecard?
FrontierAgent has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 5.4/10. 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 FrontierAgent actively maintained?
Actively maintained. The repository was pushed to within the last 1 day(s).
What license does FrontierAgent use?
FrontierAgent ships under Apache-2.0. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.
Are FrontierAgent's commits signed?
28% of the last 100 commits to FrontierAgent 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
high confidence
6 detected
Public provider/service dependencies detected.
Credential signal: API keys or service config markers documented.
Tool / Plugin Surface
high confidence
Declared
Declared plugin/integration surface detected.
  • search
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

Maintain FrontierAgent?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores FrontierAgent 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.

Reputation Timeline

Signal history
Rank 10Listed 1HVTrust 1Grade 1Scorecard 1Score 1
2026-11-13
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 11 spots (#907 → #918)
2026-11-12
Rank Moved
Rank rose 13 spots (#920 → #907)
2026-11-11
Rank Moved
Rank rose 75 spots (#995 → #920)
2026-11-06
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 81 spots (#914 → #995)
2026-11-05
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 65 spots (#849 → #914)
2026-11-05
Activity Score Changed
Activity score down 5pts (78 → 73)
2026-11-01
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 14 spots (#846 → #860)
2026-10-22
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 11 spots (#796 → #807)
2026-10-16
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 14 spots (#781 → #795)
2026-10-11
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 14 spots (#750 → #764)
2026-10-05
Scorecard Added
OSSF Scorecard: 5.7/10
2026-10-05
Grade Changed
Trust grade D → C
2026-10-05
Rank Moved
Rank rose 599 spots (#1341 → #742)
2026-10-05
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust up 36.5pts (20.3 → 56.8)
2026-09-29
Newly Listed
First tracked at rank #1338

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