Is pentest-ai safe to use?

pentest-ai has an HVTrust score of 54.4/100 (Grade C), ranked #796 of 1328 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for pentest-ai?

pentest-ai scores 54.4/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 1.7k GitHub stars and is categorized under Security & Guardrails.

pentest-ai

0xSteph/pentest-ai

Open-source AI pentester that proves every finding. Machine oracles re-run each exploit; verified bugs ship a proof caps

Security & Guardrails Python Grade C Listed MIT

54.4/100

Rank #796 of 1328

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade C · 2/5 signals

Last push

2026-09-13 · 7d ago

Recent change

Rank +3

Is pentest-ai safe? pentest-ai scores 54.4/100 (Grade C), ranked #796 of 1328 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 4.5/10; 15% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-09-13. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

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What Would Improve It

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

Recent Changes

2026-09-16

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 15 spots (#778 → #793)

2026-09-15

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 34 spots (#744 → #778)

2026-09-13

Provider Removed

Runtime surface shrank — no longer detected: Anthropic, OpenAI

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 4.5/10. 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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68.9

Activity sub-score · out of 100

#18

In Security & Guardrails

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 →

Rank Trend

2026-08-11 2026-09-20

Activity & Reach

Stars

1.7k

Forks

314

Last Push

2026-09-13

7 days ago

Commits (4 wk)

Downloads (7d)

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HN mentions (30d)

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Open Issues

Rank Change

▼1

was #795

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Security & Guardrails

54.4 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

pentest-ai Security & Guardrails average (22 agents)

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

6.4 / 25

3.8 below avg 10.2

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

10.8 / 18

1.3 below avg 12.1

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

12.3 / 17

in line with avg 12.8

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

16.0 / 20

in line with avg 15.5

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

7.7 / 20

2.2 below avg 9.9

Activity Inputs

68.9 / 100

StarsRepository reach

19.4 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

24.0 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

13.9 / 25

CommunityFork signal

11.6 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

4.5 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Sep 12, 2026

Signed Commits

15%

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 4

CI-Tests 10

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 0

Contributors 0

Dangerous-Workflow 10

Dependency-Update-Tool 0

Fuzzing 0

License 10

Maintained 10

Packaging 10

Pinned-Dependencies 2

SAST 0

Security-Policy 10

Signed-Releases -1

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 0

Is pentest-ai safe?

Public trust evidence for pentest-ai is thin: several supply-chain signals are missing or weak. This does not mean the project is unsafe — it means an outside observer cannot easily verify the usual integrity checks. Treat with extra scrutiny.

Does pentest-ai publish package provenance?

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

Does pentest-ai have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

pentest-ai has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 4.5/10. 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 pentest-ai actively maintained?

Actively maintained. The repository was pushed to within the last 7 day(s).

What license does pentest-ai use?

pentest-ai ships under MIT. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.

Are pentest-ai's commits signed?

15% of the last 100 commits to pentest-ai 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.

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

pentest-ai appears to expose MCP server capabilities.

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

External Service Dependencies

high confidence

2 detected

Public provider/service dependencies detected.

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

Tool / Plugin Surface

medium confidence

1 tags

Broad capability areas detected.

browser

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 pentest-ai'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.

2026-09-13

Provider Removed

Runtime surface shrank — no longer detected: Anthropic, OpenAI

2026-08-12

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: declared → none

2026-08-12

Provider Removed

Runtime surface shrank — no longer detected: Cohere, DeepSeek, Groq, OpenRouter

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For maintainers

HVTrust scores pentest-ai 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

2026-09-16

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 15 spots (#778 → #793)

2026-09-15

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 34 spots (#744 → #778)

2026-09-13

Provider Removed

Runtime surface shrank — no longer detected: Anthropic, OpenAI

2026-09-13

Rank Moved

Rank rose 75 spots (#818 → #743)

2026-09-11

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Rank dropped 18 spots (#803 → #821)

2026-09-09

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Rank dropped 14 spots (#793 → #807)

2026-09-08

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2026-09-07

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2026-09-06

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2026-09-05

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2026-09-04

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2026-09-03

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2026-09-02

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2026-09-01

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2026-08-31

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2026-08-29

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2026-08-27

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2026-08-26

Scorecard Added

OSSF Scorecard: 4.5/10

2026-08-26

Grade Changed

Trust grade D → C

2026-08-26

Rank Moved

Rank rose 511 spots (#1017 → #506)

2026-08-26

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 31.5pts (21.4 → 52.9)

2026-08-24

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Rank dropped 11 spots (#1007 → #1018)

2026-08-19

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2026-08-17

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Rank rose 19 spots (#1021 → #1002)

2026-08-16

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Rank rose 63 spots (#1084 → #1021)

2026-08-16

Activity Score Changed

Activity score up 5pts (67 → 72)

2026-08-14

Rank Moved

Rank rose 15 spots (#1093 → #1078)

2026-08-12

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: declared → none

2026-08-12

Provider Removed

Runtime surface shrank — no longer detected: Cohere, DeepSeek, Groq, OpenRouter

2026-08-12

Rank Moved

Rank rose 76 spots (#1168 → #1092)

2026-08-10

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Rank dropped 69 spots (#1096 → #1165)

2026-08-08

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 521 spots (#495 → #1016)

2026-08-06

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #499

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