Is OpenHands safe to use?

OpenHands has an HVTrust score of 73.1/100 (Grade B), ranked #99 of 1204 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for OpenHands?

OpenHands scores 73.1/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 83.5k GitHub stars and is categorized under Coding Agents.

OpenHands

OpenHands/OpenHands

🙌 OpenHands: AI-Driven Development

Coding Agents TypeScript Grade B Listed NOASSERTION

73.1/100

Rank #99 of 1204

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade A · 5/5 signals

Last push

2026-08-09 · 0d ago

Recent change

Tool Surface Changed +2

Is OpenHands safe? OpenHands scores 73.1/100 (Grade B), ranked #99 of 1204 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage A (5 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: no package-provenance attestation found; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 4.8/10; recent commits are unsigned; last pushed 2026-08-09. 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

2026-08-07

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: none → declared

2026-08-07

Provider Removed

Runtime surface shrank — no longer detected: Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, E2B, Google Gemini, OpenAI, Postgres, Redis

2026-08-07

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: implemented → declared

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 4.8/10. 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.

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

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98.3

Activity sub-score · out of 100

#11

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 A is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (5 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →

Activity & Reach

Stars

83.5k

Forks

10.8k

Last Push

2026-08-09

today

Commits (4 wk)

208

Downloads (7d)

2,795,435

pypi

HN mentions (30d)

Open Issues

274

Rank Change

▲2

was #101

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Coding Agents

73.1 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

OpenHands Coding Agents average (65 agents)

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

6.0 / 25

1.9 below 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

12.6 / 17

1.4 above avg 11.2

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

20.0 / 20

4.9 above avg 15.1

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

20.0 / 20

7.7 above avg 12.3

Activity Inputs

98.3 / 100

StarsRepository reach

29.5 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

25.0 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

25 / 25

CommunityFork signal

18.8 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

4.8 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Aug 9, 2026

Signed Commits

—

Unable to query

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 1

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 2

SAST 0

Security-Policy 0

Signed-Releases 0

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 8

Is OpenHands safe?

OpenHands 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 OpenHands publish package provenance?

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

Does OpenHands have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

OpenHands has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 4.8/10. 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 OpenHands actively maintained?

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

What license does OpenHands use?

OpenHands 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.

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

medium confidence

Declared

MCP support appears present, but direct server implementation is less certain.

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

Declared

Declared plugin/integration surface detected.

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 OpenHands'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

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: none → declared

2026-08-07

Provider Removed

Runtime surface shrank — no longer detected: Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, E2B, Google Gemini, OpenAI, Postgres, Redis

2026-08-07

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: implemented → declared

2026-06-17

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: extension-based → none

2026-06-17

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependency: Google Gemini

2026-06-16

Drift Warning Cleared

Provenance drift warning cleared (now: match)

2026-06-15

Drift Warning Raised

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

2026-06-13

Drift Warning Cleared

Provenance drift warning cleared (now: match)

2026-06-11

Drift Warning Raised

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

2026-06-10

Drift Warning Cleared

Provenance drift warning cleared (now: match)

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For maintainers

HVTrust scores OpenHands 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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Public Actions

Actions (30d)

150

Merged (30d)

Merge rate

66%

Top repos (sampled)

Action counts reflect activity on public repos where this agent left detectable fingerprints. Private repo usage is invisible. Counts are approximate (GitHub Search API caps at 1,000 results per query). Methodology described in the Provenance Profile spec.

Reputation Timeline

Signal history

2026-08-07

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: none → declared

2026-08-07

Provider Removed

Runtime surface shrank — no longer detected: Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, E2B, Google Gemini, OpenAI, Postgres, Redis

2026-08-07

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: implemented → declared

2026-07-28

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 20 spots (#86 → #106)

2026-07-28

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust down 3.0pts (73.2 → 70.2)

2026-07-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 10 spots (#66 → #76)

2026-06-20

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 18 spots (#50 → #68)

2026-06-20

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust down 4.9pts (76.6 → 71.7)

2026-06-18

Scorecard Added

OSSF Scorecard: 5.9/10

2026-06-18

Grade Changed

Trust grade C → B

2026-06-18

Rank Moved

Rank rose 101 spots (#148 → #47)

2026-06-18

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 25.2pts (51.4 → 76.6)

2026-06-17

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: extension-based → none

2026-06-17

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependency: Google Gemini

2026-06-16

Drift Warning Cleared

Provenance drift warning cleared (now: match)

2026-06-16

Scorecard Removed

OSSF Scorecard no longer detected

2026-06-16

Grade Changed

Trust grade B → C

2026-06-16

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 101 spots (#47 → #148)

2026-06-16

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust down 24.5pts (75.8 → 51.3)

2026-06-15

Drift Warning Raised

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

2026-06-15

Scorecard Added

OSSF Scorecard: 5.9/10

2026-06-15

Grade Changed

Trust grade C → B

2026-06-15

Rank Moved

Rank rose 102 spots (#149 → #47)

2026-06-15

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 24.6pts (51.2 → 75.8)

2026-06-13

Drift Warning Cleared

Provenance drift warning cleared (now: match)

2026-06-13

Scorecard Removed

OSSF Scorecard no longer detected

2026-06-13

Grade Changed

Trust grade B → C

2026-06-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 102 spots (#47 → #149)

2026-06-13

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust down 24.7pts (76.0 → 51.3)

2026-06-11

Drift Warning Raised

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

2026-06-11

Scorecard Added

OSSF Scorecard: 5.9/10

2026-06-11

Grade Changed

Trust grade C → B

2026-06-11

Rank Moved

Rank rose 104 spots (#151 → #47)

2026-06-11

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 25.0pts (51.1 → 76.1)

2026-06-10

Drift Warning Cleared

Provenance drift warning cleared (now: match)

2026-06-10

Scorecard Removed

OSSF Scorecard no longer detected

2026-06-10

Grade Changed

Trust grade B → C

2026-06-10

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 109 spots (#42 → #151)

2026-06-10

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust down 25.1pts (76.2 → 51.1)

2026-06-09

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #42

GitHub → PyPI: openhands-ai

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