Is Serena safe to use?

Serena has an HVTrust score of 64.0/100 (Grade C), ranked #167 of 468 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for Serena?

Serena scores 64.0/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 27.6k GitHub stars and is categorized under Protocols & Tool Integration.

Serena

oraios/serena

A powerful MCP toolkit for coding, providing semantic retrieval and editing capabilities - the IDE for your agent

Protocols & Tool Integration Python Grade C Listed MIT

64.0/100

Rank #167 of 468

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade C · 2/5 signals

Last push

2026-08-05 · 1d ago

Recent change

No recent signal change

Is Serena safe? Serena scores 64.0/100 (Grade C), ranked #167 of 468 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 6.4/10; 28% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-08-05. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

Ranked neighbours in Protocols & Tool Integration

#16 GitHub MCP Server — 65.0 (B) → #17 Context7 — 64.7 (C) → #19 Model Context Protocol / MCP — 61.7 (C) → #20 n8n-MCP — 61.2 (C) →

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What Would Improve It

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

Recent Changes

2026-07-16

Rank Moved

Rank rose 10 spots (#173 → #163)

2026-07-14

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 11 spots (#156 → #167)

2026-07-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 21 spots (#135 → #156)

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 6.4/10. 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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91.8

Activity sub-score · out of 100

#18

In Protocols & Tool Integration

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

2026-07-05 2026-08-06

Activity & Reach

Stars

27.6k

Forks

1.8k

Last Push

2026-08-05

yesterday

Commits (4 wk)

183

Downloads (7d)

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HN mentions (30d)

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Open Issues

Rank Change

▼1

was #166

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Protocols & Tool Integration

64.0 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

Serena Protocols & Tool Integration average (35 agents)

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

9.4 / 25

2.1 below avg 11.5

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

10.8 / 18

1.2 below avg 12.0

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

13.9 / 17

1.1 above avg 12.8

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

19.9 / 20

4.6 above avg 15.3

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

10.7 / 20

0.6 below avg 11.3

Activity Inputs

91.8 / 100

StarsRepository reach

26.6 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

24.9 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

25 / 25

CommunityFork signal

15.2 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

6.4 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Aug 5, 2026

Signed Commits

28%

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 3

CI-Tests 10

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 5

Contributors 10

Dangerous-Workflow 10

Dependency-Update-Tool 10

Fuzzing 0

License 10

Maintained 10

Packaging 10

Pinned-Dependencies 0

SAST 10

Security-Policy 0

Signed-Releases -1

Token-Permissions 8

Vulnerabilities 0

Is Serena safe?

Serena 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 Serena publish package provenance?

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

Does Serena have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

Serena has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 6.4/10. 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 Serena actively maintained?

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

What license does Serena use?

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

Are Serena's commits signed?

28% of the last 100 commits to Serena 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

Serena 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

high confidence

Marketplace

Marketplace plugin/integration surface detected.

code
filesystem
search
shell

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

Maintain Serena?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores Serena 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

2026-07-16

Rank Moved

Rank rose 10 spots (#173 → #163)

2026-07-14

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 11 spots (#156 → #167)

2026-07-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 21 spots (#135 → #156)

2026-06-28

Rank Moved

Rank rose 11 spots (#164 → #153)

2026-06-24

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 13 spots (#151 → #164)

2026-06-21

Scorecard Added

OSSF Scorecard: 5.3/10

2026-06-21

Grade Changed

Trust grade D → C

2026-06-21

Rank Moved

Rank rose 103 spots (#245 → #142)

2026-06-21

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 35.9pts (24.9 → 60.8)

2026-06-20

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #245

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