Is Open WebUI safe?
Open WebUI scores 83.1/100 (Grade A), ranked #34 of 328 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage A (4 of 5 independent signal types).
The public evidence: its packages ship with cryptographic provenance;
OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 6.1/10;
48% of recent commits are signed;
last pushed 2026-07-10. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →
Quick Trust Read
Verdict
Strong public trust posture, backed by multiple independent signals.
83.1/100 · Grade A
Strongest Signal
Identity / Provenance
18.0/18
Weakest Signal
Safety / Integrity
17.5/25
What Would Improve It
Increase the share of verified signed commits for clearer maintainer identity.
Maintainer Checklist
Raise Scorecard signalsCurrent OSSF Scorecard is 6.1/10. Tighten the weakest checks to improve public safety evidence.
Increase signed commitsRaise the share of verified-signed commits to make maintainer identity and release history easier to trust.
How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption. Grade A reflects the trust score band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Evidence coverage A is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (4 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →
Signals refreshed2026-07-11 04:00 UTC·Repo last pushed yesterday
Rank Trend
2026-07-052026-07-11
Activity & Reach
Stars
145.0k
Forks
21.0k
Last Push
2026-07-10
yesterday
Commits (4 wk)
390
Downloads (7d)
349,921
npm+pypi
HN mentions (30d)
0
Open Issues
235
Rank Change
▼1
was #33
Analysis
HVTrust Dimensions
83.1 / 100 · 100.0% confidence
Safety / IntegrityOSSF, provenance, signatures
17.5 / 25
Identity / ProvenanceListing and build link
18.0 / 18
TransparencyLicense and public checks
13.7 / 17
MaintenanceFreshness and commits
19.9 / 20
AdoptionStars and downloads
19.8 / 20
Activity Inputs
100.0 / 100
StarsRepository reach
30 / 30
FreshnessLast push recency
24.9 / 25
ActivityRecent commits
25 / 25
CommunityFork signal
20 / 20
Supply Chain Trust
Package Provenance
Verified
pypi attestation
OSSF Scorecard
6.1 / 10
OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Jul 10, 2026
Signed Commits
48%
of last 100 commits verified
Binary-Artifacts9
Branch-Protection3
CI-Tests3
CII-Best-Practices0
Code-Review8
Contributors10
Dangerous-Workflow10
Dependency-Update-Tool10
Fuzzing0
License9
Maintained10
Packaging10
Pinned-Dependencies0
SAST8
Security-Policy10
Signed-Releases-1
Token-Permissions0
Vulnerabilities0
Is Open WebUI safe?
Public supply-chain signals for Open WebUI are strong: it has multiple independent trust indicators in place. This does not replace your own security review, but Open WebUI carries less obvious unverified-evidence risk than projects with thin signals.
Does Open WebUI publish package provenance?
Yes. Open WebUI's package releases carry build provenance attestations, which cryptographically link the published package back to its source repository and CI workflow.
Does Open WebUI have an OpenSSF Scorecard?
Open WebUI 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 Open WebUI actively maintained?
Actively maintained. The repository was pushed to within the last 1 day(s).
What license does Open WebUI use?
Open WebUI ships under NOASSERTION. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.
Are Open WebUI's commits signed?
48% of the last 100 commits to Open WebUI 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.
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.
Credential signal:
API keys or service config markers documented.
Tool / Plugin Surface
high confidence
Declared
Declared plugin/integration surface detected.
browser
code
database
search
shell
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
Package Provenance Drift
low confidence
Unknown
Package source metadata is missing or inconclusive
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 Open WebUI'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.
HVTrust scores Open WebUI 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.
