Is Ponytail safe to use?

Ponytail has an HVTrust score of 57.9/100 (Grade C), ranked #351 of 1204 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for Ponytail?

Ponytail scores 57.9/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 99.2k GitHub stars and is categorized under Coding Agents.

Ponytail

DietrichGebert/ponytail

Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.

Coding Agents JavaScript Grade C Listed MIT

57.9/100

Rank #351 of 1204

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade B · 3/5 signals

Last push

2026-08-07 · 2d ago

Recent change

Rank +3

Is Ponytail safe? Ponytail scores 57.9/100 (Grade C), ranked #351 of 1204 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage B (3 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: no package-provenance attestation found; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 4.1/10; 76% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-08-07. 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

2026-08-08

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 109 spots (#222 → #331)

2026-08-08

Activity Score Changed

Activity score down 7pts (92 → 85)

2026-08-07

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: marketplace → declared

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 4.1/10. 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.

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82.0

Activity sub-score · out of 100

#33

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 C reflects the trust score band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Evidence coverage B is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (3 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →

Activity & Reach

Stars

99.2k

Forks

5.5k

Last Push

2026-08-07

2 days ago

Commits (4 wk)

Downloads (7d)

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HN mentions (30d)

Open Issues

Rank Change

▼20

was #331

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Coding Agents

57.9 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

Ponytail Coding Agents average (65 agents)

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

8.9 / 25

1.0 above 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

12.0 / 17

0.8 above avg 11.2

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

15.0 / 20

in line with avg 15.1

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

12.0 / 20

in line with avg 12.3

Activity Inputs

82.0 / 100

StarsRepository reach

30.0 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

24.7 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

9.7 / 25

CommunityFork signal

17.4 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

4.1 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Aug 9, 2026

Signed Commits

76%

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 3

CI-Tests 4

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 8

Contributors 3

Dangerous-Workflow 10

Dependency-Update-Tool 0

Fuzzing 0

License 10

Maintained 0

Packaging -1

Pinned-Dependencies 0

SAST 0

Security-Policy 0

Signed-Releases -1

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 10

Is Ponytail safe?

Ponytail 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 Ponytail publish package provenance?

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

Does Ponytail have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

Ponytail has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 4.1/10. 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 Ponytail actively maintained?

Actively maintained. The repository was pushed to within the last 2 day(s).

What license does Ponytail use?

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

Are Ponytail's commits signed?

76% of the last 100 commits to Ponytail 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

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

high confidence

2 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.

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 Ponytail'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: marketplace → declared

2026-08-07

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependency: Anthropic

2026-06-19

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: none → declared

Maintain Ponytail?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores Ponytail 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

2026-08-08

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 109 spots (#222 → #331)

2026-08-08

Activity Score Changed

Activity score down 7pts (92 → 85)

2026-08-07

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: marketplace → declared

2026-08-07

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependency: Anthropic

2026-07-14

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 12 spots (#167 → #179)

2026-07-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 22 spots (#145 → #167)

2026-06-24

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 11 spots (#141 → #152)

2026-06-19

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: none → declared

2026-06-19

Scorecard Added

OSSF Scorecard: 4.0/10

2026-06-19

Grade Changed

Trust grade D → C

2026-06-19

Rank Moved

Rank rose 86 spots (#211 → #125)

2026-06-19

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 27.4pts (35.1 → 62.5)

2026-06-16

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #203

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