Is Obsidian Second Brain safe to use?

Obsidian Second Brain has an HVTrust score of 61.5/100 (Grade C), ranked #290 of 1204 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for Obsidian Second Brain?

Obsidian Second Brain scores 61.5/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 3.9k GitHub stars and is categorized under Needs review.

Obsidian Second Brain

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Needs review Python Grade C Listed MIT

61.5/100

Rank #290 of 1204

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade C · 2/5 signals

Last push

2026-08-08 · 1d ago

Recent change

Rank +2

Is Obsidian Second Brain safe? Obsidian Second Brain scores 61.5/100 (Grade C), ranked #290 of 1204 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 6.1/10; 53% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-08-08. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

Ranked neighbours in Needs review

#1 Turbovec — 64.8 (C) → #2 Eve — 63.2 (C) → #4 ASM — 59.1 (C) → #5 Engram — 58.4 (C) →

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 66 spots (#218 → #284)

2026-08-07

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependencies: OpenRouter, Perplexity, xAI Grok

2026-08-07

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: none → implemented

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 6.1/10. 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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84.1

Activity sub-score · out of 100

In Needs review

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 →

Activity & Reach

Stars

3.9k

Forks

492

Last Push

2026-08-08

yesterday

Commits (4 wk)

158

Downloads (7d)

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HN mentions (30d)

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Open Issues

Rank Change

▼6

was #284

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Needs review

61.5 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

Obsidian Second Brain Needs review average (11 agents)

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

10.3 / 25

2.7 above avg 7.6

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

10.8 / 18

in line with avg 10.8

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

13.7 / 17

1.4 above avg 12.3

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

19.9 / 20

5.2 above avg 14.7

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

8.6 / 20

in line with avg 9.0

Activity Inputs

84.1 / 100

StarsRepository reach

21.6 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

24.9 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

25 / 25

CommunityFork signal

12.5 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

6.1 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Aug 9, 2026

Signed Commits

53%

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 3

CI-Tests 9

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 3

Contributors 3

Dangerous-Workflow 10

Dependency-Update-Tool 10

Fuzzing 0

License 10

Maintained 10

Packaging -1

Pinned-Dependencies 2

SAST 0

Security-Policy 10

Signed-Releases -1

Token-Permissions 10

Vulnerabilities 0

Is Obsidian Second Brain safe?

Obsidian Second Brain 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 Obsidian Second Brain publish package provenance?

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

Does Obsidian Second Brain have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

Obsidian Second Brain has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 6.1/10. 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 Obsidian Second Brain actively maintained?

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

What license does Obsidian Second Brain use?

Obsidian Second Brain ships under MIT. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.

Are Obsidian Second Brain's commits signed?

53% of the last 100 commits to Obsidian Second Brain 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.

Compare Obsidian Second Brain head-to-head

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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

Obsidian Second Brain appears to expose MCP server capabilities.

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.

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 Obsidian Second Brain'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.

2026-08-07

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependencies: OpenRouter, Perplexity, xAI Grok

2026-08-07

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: none → implemented

Maintain Obsidian Second Brain?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores Obsidian Second Brain 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 66 spots (#218 → #284)

2026-08-07

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependencies: OpenRouter, Perplexity, xAI Grok

2026-08-07

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: none → implemented

2026-07-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 29 spots (#163 → #192)

2026-06-27

Rank Moved

Rank rose 12 spots (#163 → #151)

2026-06-24

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 13 spots (#148 → #161)

2026-06-18

Scorecard Added

OSSF Scorecard: 5.6/10

2026-06-18

Grade Changed

Trust grade D → C

2026-06-18

Rank Moved

Rank rose 86 spots (#220 → #134)

2026-06-18

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 36.5pts (24.4 → 60.9)

2026-06-11

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #215

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