Is Obscura safe to use?

Obscura has an HVTrust score of 67.7/100 (Grade B), ranked #263 of 1320 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for Obscura?

Obscura scores 67.7/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 24.9k GitHub stars and is categorized under Browser & Computer Use.

Obscura

h4ckf0r0day/obscura

The headless browser for AI agents and web scraping

Browser & Computer Use Rust Grade B Listed Apache-2.0

67.7/100

Rank #263 of 1320

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade C · 2/5 signals

Last push

2026-09-04 · 0d ago

Recent change

Rank +10

Is Obscura safe? Obscura scores 67.7/100 (Grade B), ranked #263 of 1320 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 6.2/10; 54% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-09-04. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

Ranked neighbours in Browser & Computer Use

#6 Browser Use — 73.2 (B) → #7 Cua — 71.0 (B) → #9 BrowserOS — 65.7 (B) → #10 OpenCLI — 65.4 (B) →

Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It

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

Recent Changes

2026-09-04

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 10 spots (#253 → #263)

2026-09-03

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 10 spots (#243 → #253)

2026-09-02

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: declared → none

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 6.2/10. 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.

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91.6

Activity sub-score · out of 100

In Browser & Computer Use

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 2026-09-04

Activity & Reach

Stars

24.9k

Forks

1.8k

Last Push

2026-09-04

today

Commits (4 wk)

230

Downloads (7d)

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HN mentions (30d)

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Open Issues

Rank Change

▼10

was #253

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Browser & Computer Use

67.7 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

Obscura Browser & Computer Use average (41 agents)

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

10.5 / 25

1.2 above avg 9.3

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

10.8 / 18

1.6 below avg 12.4

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

13.8 / 17

2.1 above avg 11.7

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

20.0 / 20

7.0 above avg 13.0

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

10.6 / 20

in line with avg 10.4

Activity Inputs

91.6 / 100

StarsRepository reach

26.4 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

25.0 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

25 / 25

CommunityFork signal

15.2 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

6.2 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Aug 31, 2026

Signed Commits

54%

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 3

CI-Tests 8

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 8

SAST 0

Security-Policy 10

Signed-Releases 0

Token-Permissions 10

Vulnerabilities 4

Is Obscura safe?

Obscura 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 Obscura publish package provenance?

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

Does Obscura have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

Obscura has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 6.2/10. 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 Obscura actively maintained?

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

What license does Obscura use?

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

Are Obscura's commits signed?

54% of the last 100 commits to Obscura 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

high confidence

Implemented

Obscura 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

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 Obscura'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.

2026-09-02

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: declared → none

Maintain Obscura?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores Obscura 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

2026-09-04

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 10 spots (#253 → #263)

2026-09-03

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 10 spots (#243 → #253)

2026-09-02

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: declared → none

2026-09-02

Rank Moved

Rank rose 45 spots (#288 → #243)

2026-08-31

Scorecard Added

OSSF Scorecard: 6.2/10

2026-08-31

Grade Changed

Trust grade D → B

2026-08-31

Rank Moved

Rank rose 801 spots (#1086 → #285)

2026-08-31

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 38.5pts (26.9 → 65.4)

2026-08-30

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 49 spots (#1037 → #1086)

2026-08-29

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 50 spots (#987 → #1037)

2026-08-28

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 32 spots (#955 → #987)

2026-08-27

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 26 spots (#929 → #955)

2026-08-26

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 113 spots (#816 → #929)

2026-08-16

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 18 spots (#801 → #819)

2026-08-10

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #799

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