Is Goose safe to use?

Goose has an HVTrust score of 68.8/100 (Grade B), ranked #143 of 1204 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for Goose?

Goose scores 68.8/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 52.6k GitHub stars and is categorized under Coding Agents.

Goose

aaif-goose/goose

an open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions - install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM

Coding Agents Rust Grade B Listed Apache-2.0

68.8/100

Rank #143 of 1204

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade B · 3/5 signals

Last push

2026-08-08 · 1d ago

Recent change

Rank

Is Goose safe? Goose scores 68.8/100 (Grade B), ranked #143 of 1204 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage B (3 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: no package-provenance attestation found; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 5.7/10; 100% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-08-08. 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

2026-08-08

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 13 spots (#123 → #136)

2026-07-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 13 spots (#88 → #101)

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 5.7/10. 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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95.8

Activity sub-score · out of 100

#15

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 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 →

Activity & Reach

Stars

52.6k

Forks

6.0k

Last Push

2026-08-08

yesterday

Commits (4 wk)

257

Downloads (7d)

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HN mentions (30d)

Open Issues

159

Rank Change

▼7

was #136

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Coding Agents

68.8 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

Goose Coding Agents average (65 agents)

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

12.1 / 25

4.2 above avg 7.9

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

10.8 / 18

0.9 below avg 11.7

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

13.3 / 17

2.1 above avg 11.2

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

19.9 / 20

4.8 above avg 15.1

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

11.3 / 20

1.0 below avg 12.3

Activity Inputs

95.8 / 100

StarsRepository reach

28.3 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

24.9 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

25 / 25

CommunityFork signal

17.6 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

5.7 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Aug 9, 2026

Signed Commits

100%

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 8

CI-Tests 10

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 10

Contributors 10

Dangerous-Workflow 0

Dependency-Update-Tool 10

Fuzzing 0

License 10

Maintained 10

Packaging 10

Pinned-Dependencies 7

SAST 6

Security-Policy 10

Signed-Releases 0

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 0

Is Goose safe?

Goose 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 Goose publish package provenance?

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

Does Goose have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

Goose has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 5.7/10. 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 Goose actively maintained?

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

What license does Goose use?

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

Are Goose's commits signed?

100% of the last 100 commits to Goose 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

Goose appears to expose MCP server capabilities.

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

medium confidence

Extensions

Extension based plugin/integration 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

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For maintainers

HVTrust scores Goose 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

2026-08-08

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 13 spots (#123 → #136)

2026-07-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 13 spots (#88 → #101)

2026-07-07

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #85

2026-06-01

Removed From Active Tracking

Removed from active tracking

2026-05-31

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #181

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