Is Plandex safe to use?

Plandex has an HVTrust score of 22.5/100 (Grade D), ranked #957 of 1308 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for Plandex?

Plandex scores 22.5/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 15.6k GitHub stars and is categorized under Coding Agents.

Plandex

plandex-ai/plandex

Open source AI coding agent. Designed for large projects and real world tasks.

Coding Agents Go Grade D Listed MIT

22.5/100

Rank #957 of 1308

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade C · 2/5 signals

Last push

2025-10-03 · 320d ago

Recent change

Rank +2

Is Plandex safe? Plandex scores 22.5/100 (Grade D), ranked #957 of 1308 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 2.8/10; recent commits are unsigned; last pushed 2025-10-03. 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

2026-08-17

Rank Moved

Rank rose 15 spots (#966 → #951)

2026-08-16

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 26 spots (#940 → #966)

2026-08-12

Rank Moved

Rank rose 13 spots (#944 → #931)

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 2.8/10. 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.

Refresh maintenance signals The repo was last pushed 320 days ago. Fresh activity helps separate stable projects from stale ones.

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39.5

Activity sub-score · out of 100

#65

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 D 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 2026-08-19

Activity & Reach

Stars

15.6k

Forks

1.2k

Last Push

2025-10-03

320 days ago

Commits (4 wk)

Downloads (7d)

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HN mentions (30d)

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Open Issues

Rank Change

▼5

was #952

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Coding Agents

22.5 / 100 · 67.0% confidence

Plandex Coding Agents average (70 agents)

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

3.5 / 25

4.0 below avg 7.5

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

10.8 / 18

0.8 below avg 11.6

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

10.9 / 17

in line with avg 11.1

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

0 / 20

15.3 below avg 15.3

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

10.1 / 20

2.2 below avg 12.3

Activity Inputs

39.5 / 100

StarsRepository reach

25.2 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

0.0 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

0.0 / 25

CommunityFork signal

14.3 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

2.8 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Aug 18, 2026

Signed Commits

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Unable to query

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 3

CI-Tests -1

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 0

Contributors 6

Dangerous-Workflow 10

Dependency-Update-Tool 0

Fuzzing 0

License 10

Maintained 0

Packaging 10

Pinned-Dependencies 0

SAST 0

Security-Policy 0

Signed-Releases 0

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 0

Is Plandex safe?

Public trust evidence for Plandex 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 Plandex publish package provenance?

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

Does Plandex have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

Plandex has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 2.8/10. 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 Plandex actively maintained?

Stale. The repository has not been pushed to in 320 days. Consider whether the project is still being maintained.

What license does Plandex use?

Plandex ships under MIT. 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

None detected

No MCP server signal detected.

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

External Service Dependencies

high confidence

1 detected

Public provider/service dependencies detected.

OpenRouter

Credential signal: API keys or service config markers documented.

Tool / Plugin Surface

None detected

No clear plugin system or broad tool surface detected.

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

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For maintainers

HVTrust scores Plandex 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

2026-08-17

Rank Moved

Rank rose 15 spots (#966 → #951)

2026-08-16

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 26 spots (#940 → #966)

2026-08-12

Rank Moved

Rank rose 13 spots (#944 → #931)

2026-08-10

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 53 spots (#885 → #938)

2026-08-08

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 406 spots (#472 → #878)

2026-08-03

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 12 spots (#432 → #444)

2026-07-28

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Rank dropped 15 spots (#412 → #427)

2026-07-14

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Rank dropped 42 spots (#365 → #407)

2026-07-13

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Rank dropped 40 spots (#325 → #365)

2026-06-24

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 27 spots (#288 → #315)

2026-06-23

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Rank dropped 17 spots (#271 → #288)

2026-06-21

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 17 spots (#251 → #268)

2026-06-20

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 23 spots (#228 → #251)

2026-06-02

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 18 spots (#177 → #195)

2026-06-01

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 10 spots (#167 → #177)

2026-05-29

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 6.7pts (16.1 → 22.8)

2026-05-27

Scorecard Added

OSSF Scorecard: 2.8/10

2026-05-27

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 6.3pts (11.1 → 17.4)

2026-05-25

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 58 spots (#88 → #146)

2026-05-24

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #88

GitHub → PyPI: plandex

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