Is OpenClaw safe to use?

OpenClaw has an HVTrust score of 87.0/100 (Grade A), ranked #30 of 1308 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for OpenClaw?

OpenClaw scores 87.0/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 387.5k GitHub stars and is categorized under Browser & Computer Use.

OpenClaw

openclaw/openclaw

Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. 🦞

Browser & Computer Use TypeScript Grade A Listed NOASSERTION

87.0/100

Rank #30 of 1308

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade A · 4/5 signals

Last push

2026-08-25 · 0d ago

Recent change

No recent signal change

Is OpenClaw safe? OpenClaw scores 87.0/100 (Grade A), ranked #30 of 1308 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 5.2/10; recent commits are unsigned; last pushed 2026-08-25. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

Ranked neighbours in Browser & Computer Use

#1 Browser Harness — 87.9 (A) → #2 Stagehand — 87.3 (A) → #4 Agent Browser — 86.2 (A) → #5 Skyvern — 82.5 (A) →

Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It

Increase the share of verified signed commits for clearer maintainer identity.

Recent Changes

2026-08-15

Rank Moved

Rank rose 10 spots (#44 → #34)

2026-08-07

Drift Warning Cleared

Provenance drift warning cleared (now: match)

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 5.2/10. Tighten the weakest checks to improve public safety evidence.

Increase signed commits Raise the share of verified-signed commits to make maintainer identity and release history easier to trust.

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100.0

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 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 →

Rank Trend

2026-08-11 2026-08-25

Activity & Reach

Stars

387.5k

Forks

81.4k

Last Push

2026-08-25

today

Commits (4 wk)

9925

Downloads (7d)

3,396,211

npm+pypi

HN mentions (30d)

Open Issues

3669

Rank Change

was #30

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Browser & Computer Use

87.0 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

OpenClaw Browser & Computer Use average (41 agents)

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

14.0 / 25

6.5 above avg 7.5

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

18.0 / 18

5.6 above avg 12.4

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

12.9 / 17

2.1 above avg 10.8

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

20.0 / 20

7.2 above avg 12.8

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

20.0 / 20

8.7 above avg 11.3

Activity Inputs

100.0 / 100

StarsRepository reach

30 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

25.0 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

25 / 25

CommunityFork signal

20 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

Verified

npm attestation

OSSF Scorecard

5.2 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Aug 24, 2026

Signed Commits

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Unable to query

Binary-Artifacts 9

Branch-Protection 3

CI-Tests 10

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 2

Contributors 10

Dangerous-Workflow 0

Dependency-Update-Tool 10

Fuzzing 0

License 9

Maintained 10

Packaging 10

Pinned-Dependencies 8

SAST 7

Security-Policy 10

Signed-Releases -1

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 0

Is OpenClaw safe?

Public supply-chain signals for OpenClaw are strong: it has multiple independent trust indicators in place. This does not replace your own security review, but OpenClaw carries less obvious unverified-evidence risk than projects with thin signals.

Does OpenClaw publish package provenance?

Yes. OpenClaw's package releases carry build provenance attestations, which cryptographically link the published package back to its source repository and CI workflow.

Does OpenClaw have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

OpenClaw has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 5.2/10. 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 OpenClaw actively maintained?

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

What license does OpenClaw use?

OpenClaw ships under NOASSERTION. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.

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

OpenClaw appears to expose MCP server capabilities.

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

External Service Dependencies

high confidence

4 detected

Public provider/service dependencies detected.

Credential signal: No explicit API-key/config marker detected.

Tool / Plugin Surface

high confidence

Declared

Declared plugin/integration surface detected.

browser
shell

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

Package Provenance Drift

high confidence

Match

Published package metadata matches the tracked repo

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 OpenClaw'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

Drift Warning Cleared

Provenance drift warning cleared (now: match)

2026-06-19

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependency: Firecrawl

2026-06-05

Drift Warning Raised

Package-provenance drift warning: package metadata no longer clearly points at this repo

2026-06-05

Provenance Added

Package provenance attestation detected

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For maintainers

HVTrust scores OpenClaw 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

2026-08-15

Rank Moved

Rank rose 10 spots (#44 → #34)

2026-08-07

Drift Warning Cleared

Provenance drift warning cleared (now: match)

2026-07-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 12 spots (#48 → #60)

2026-06-20

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 19 spots (#12 → #31)

2026-06-20

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust down 4.8pts (89.1 → 84.3)

2026-06-19

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependency: Firecrawl

2026-06-16

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 3.5pts (84.4 → 87.9)

2026-06-15

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 15 spots (#14 → #29)

2026-06-15

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust down 4.3pts (88.7 → 84.4)

2026-06-13

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 3.2pts (84.6 → 87.8)

2026-06-08

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 11 spots (#14 → #25)

2026-06-08

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust down 4.4pts (89.3 → 84.9)

2026-06-07

Rank Moved

Rank rose 11 spots (#25 → #14)

2026-06-07

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 4.3pts (85.0 → 89.3)

2026-06-05

Drift Warning Raised

Package-provenance drift warning: package metadata no longer clearly points at this repo

2026-06-05

Provenance Added

Package provenance attestation detected

2026-05-30

Grade Changed

Trust grade C → B

2026-05-30

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 3.1pts (63.0 → 66.1)

2026-05-29

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 9.1pts (53.9 → 63.0)

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Data sources
GitHub REST API (repo, commits, stars, forks, license) · npm Registry (downloads, provenance) · PyPI / pypistats (downloads, provenance) · OpenSSF Scorecard CLI · Algolia HN Search API
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