Is PrivateGPT safe to use?

PrivateGPT has an HVTrust score of 59.8/100 (Grade C), ranked #323 of 1308 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for PrivateGPT?

PrivateGPT scores 59.8/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 57.5k GitHub stars and is categorized under Memory & Knowledge.

PrivateGPT

imartinez/privateGPT

Complete API layer for private AI applications on local models: RAG, skills, tools, MCP, text-to-sql, and more. Works wi

Memory & Knowledge Python Grade C Listed Apache-2.0

59.8/100

Rank #323 of 1308

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade B · 3/5 signals

Last push

2026-08-25 · 0d ago

Recent change

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Is PrivateGPT safe? PrivateGPT scores 59.8/100 (Grade C), ranked #323 of 1308 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 4.8/10; 100% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-08-25. 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

2026-08-25

Rank Moved

Rank rose 13 spots (#336 → #323)

2026-08-24

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 14 spots (#322 → #336)

2026-08-22

Rank Moved

Rank rose 14 spots (#336 → #322)

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.

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89.5

Activity sub-score · out of 100

#28

In Memory & Knowledge

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 →

Rank Trend

2026-08-11 2026-08-25

Activity & Reach

Stars

57.5k

Forks

7.6k

Last Push

2026-08-25

today

Commits (4 wk)

Downloads (7d)

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HN mentions (30d)

Open Issues

Rank Change

▲13

was #336

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Memory & Knowledge

59.8 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

PrivateGPT Memory & Knowledge average (44 agents)

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

11.0 / 25

1.0 above avg 10.0

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

10.8 / 18

1.3 below avg 12.1

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

12.6 / 17

in line with avg 12.4

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

17.7 / 20

in line with avg 17.6

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

11.4 / 20

2.2 below avg 13.6

Activity Inputs

89.5 / 100

StarsRepository reach

28.6 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

25.0 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

17.9 / 25

CommunityFork signal

18.0 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

4.8 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Aug 24, 2026

Signed Commits

100%

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 6

CI-Tests 7

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 10

Contributors 6

Dangerous-Workflow 0

Dependency-Update-Tool 10

Fuzzing 0

License 10

Maintained 10

Packaging 10

Pinned-Dependencies 0

SAST 0

Security-Policy 10

Signed-Releases 0

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 0

Is PrivateGPT safe?

PrivateGPT 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 PrivateGPT publish package provenance?

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

Does PrivateGPT have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

PrivateGPT 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 PrivateGPT actively maintained?

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

What license does PrivateGPT use?

PrivateGPT ships under Apache-2.0. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.

Are PrivateGPT's commits signed?

100% of the last 100 commits to PrivateGPT 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

None detected

No MCP server signal detected.

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

External Service Dependencies

high confidence

6 detected

Public provider/service dependencies detected.

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

Tool / Plugin Surface

high confidence

Extensions

Extension based plugin/integration surface detected.

browser
database

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 PrivateGPT'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.

2026-06-03

Activity Resumed

Activity resumed

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For maintainers

HVTrust scores PrivateGPT 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

2026-08-25

Rank Moved

Rank rose 13 spots (#336 → #323)

2026-08-24

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Rank dropped 14 spots (#322 → #336)

2026-08-22

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Rank rose 14 spots (#336 → #322)

2026-08-19

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Rank dropped 11 spots (#326 → #337)

2026-08-17

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Rank rose 13 spots (#343 → #330)

2026-08-13

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Rank dropped 20 spots (#313 → #333)

2026-08-12

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2026-08-10

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Rank dropped 14 spots (#316 → #330)

2026-08-08

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Rank dropped 78 spots (#235 → #313)

2026-07-23

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Rank rose 16 spots (#237 → #221)

2026-07-14

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Rank dropped 15 spots (#216 → #231)

2026-07-13

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Rank dropped 24 spots (#192 → #216)

2026-07-03

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Rank dropped 11 spots (#151 → #162)

2026-06-15

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Rank dropped 10 spots (#113 → #123)

2026-06-10

Rank Moved

Rank rose 10 spots (#127 → #117)

2026-06-10

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 3.4pts (59.5 → 62.9)

2026-06-03

Activity Resumed

Activity resumed

2026-06-03

Grade Changed

Trust grade D → C

2026-06-03

Rank Moved

Rank rose 24 spots (#148 → #124)

2026-06-03

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 11.0pts (46.4 → 57.4)

2026-06-03

Activity Score Changed

Activity score up 28pts (58 → 86)

2026-06-01

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 17 spots (#122 → #139)

2026-05-29

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 10.0pts (35.7 → 45.7)

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