Spring AI Alibaba

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Is Spring AI Alibaba safe? Promising trust profile, but some evidence still deserves review.

OSSF Scorecard 4.8 / 10
Provenance None
Signed commits 99%
Last push 2d ago
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In detail: Spring AI Alibaba scores 55.5/100 (Grade C), ranked #787 of 1371 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 4.8/10; 99% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-10-07. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

How Spring AI Alibaba could raise its score

Each line changes one public signal and recomputes with the live scoring function. The gains don't add up exactly, because the score is capped near the top.

Chain of custody

Scanners check what the code says. This traces who ships Spring AI Alibaba and whether that has changed: from the source repository, through how changes are reviewed and released, to the code you run. These are the checks for OWASP ASI04 Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities.

  1. Source Signed

    github.com/alibaba/spring-ai-alibaba, Apache-2.0, last pushed 2026-10-07. 99% of the last 100 commits carry a verified signature, so changes trace to a verified account.

  2. Review and release Mixed

    OpenSSF Scorecard rates the repository's practices 4.8/10 (scanned Oct 4, 2026). The checks that decide who can get a change released:

    • Code Review9
    • Branch Protection0
    • Signed Releasesn/a
    • Dangerous Workflow10
    • Token Permissions0
    • Pinned Dependencies2
    All 18 Scorecard checks
    Binary-Artifacts 9
    Branch-Protection 0
    CI-Tests 10
    CII-Best-Practices 0
    Code-Review 9
    Contributors 10
    Dangerous-Workflow 10
    Dependency-Update-Tool 0
    Fuzzing 0
    License 10
    Maintained 10
    Packaging -1
    Pinned-Dependencies 2
    SAST 0
    Security-Policy 9
    Signed-Releases -1
    Token-Permissions 0
    Vulnerabilities 0
  3. Published packages None

    No registry package. Spring AI Alibaba is used from its repository, so what you run is whatever you check out: pin a release tag or commit.

Changes to this chain

No change to package provenance, package source links, Scorecard coverage or license in HVTracker's daily snapshots of Spring AI Alibaba.

Evidence behind this score

Coverage C: 2 of 5 independent evidence types found.

  • GitHub repository data
  • Package downloads (missing)
  • Supply-chain checks
  • Public actions (missing)
  • Community mentions (missing)

Verify this score yourself

Every build re-issues Spring AI Alibaba’s score as an Ed25519-signed credential, valid for 7 days. You can check it offline against HVTracker’s published key; if anyone changes a number after signing, verification fails.

What this score doesn’t check

It covers who ships the code, not what the code does. It doesn’t read tool descriptions or prompts for injected instructions, watch runtime behaviour, or find bugs nobody has disclosed yet. For that, run a content scanner before you connect it, such as Cisco MCP Scanner or Snyk Agent Scan.

How Spring AI Alibaba compares in Agent Frameworks

  1. #72 FrontierAgent 56.9 +1.4
  2. #73 waku-agent 56.0 +0.5
  3. #74 Spring AI Alibaba 55.5 this agent
  4. #75 openagent 55.4 −0.1
  5. #76 Skales 54.6 −0.9

Bars show each HVTrust score; the tick marks Spring AI Alibaba’s 55.5.

Where the 55.5 comes from

HVTrust dimensions vs the Agent Frameworks average

55.5 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

Spring AI Alibaba Agent Frameworks average (129 agents)

Safety / Integrity50% OSSF Scorecard · 30% provenance · 20% signed commits
10.9 / 25
1.4 above avg 9.5
Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance
10.8 / 18
0.8 below avg 11.6
Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard
12.6 / 17
0.6 above avg 12.0
Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity
12.8 / 20
0.8 below avg 13.6
AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads
9.7 / 20
1.1 below avg 10.8

Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It
Publish package provenance or release attestations for stronger supply-chain evidence.
Recent Changes
2026-10-08
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 34 spots (#747 → #781)
2026-10-07
Rank Moved
Rank rose 107 spots (#854 → #747)
2026-10-07
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust up 3.2pts (53.5 → 56.7)
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.
70.9
Activity sub-score · out of 100
#74

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 →

Signals refreshed 2026-10-09 08:15 UTC · Repo last pushed 2 days ago

Rank Trend

2026-09-29 2026-10-09

Activity & Reach

Stars
11.0k
Forks
2.4k
Last Push
2026-10-07
2 days ago
Commits (4 wk)
2?
Downloads (7d)
—
HN mentions (30d)
—
Open Issues
80
Rank Change
▼6
was #781

Analysis

Activity Inputs

70.9 / 100
StarsRepository reach
24.2 / 30
FreshnessLast push recency
24.7 / 25
ActivityRecent commits
6.0 / 25
CommunityFork signal
15.8 / 20

Common questions about Spring AI Alibaba

Spring AI Alibaba 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 Spring AI Alibaba publish package provenance?
No published build provenance is currently detected for Spring AI Alibaba. This is common for open-source projects but means consumers cannot independently verify that the package on the registry matches the GitHub source.
Does Spring AI Alibaba have an OpenSSF Scorecard?
Spring AI Alibaba 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 Spring AI Alibaba actively maintained?
Actively maintained. The repository was pushed to within the last 2 day(s).
What license does Spring AI Alibaba use?
Spring AI Alibaba ships under Apache-2.0. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.
Are Spring AI Alibaba's commits signed?
99% of the last 100 commits to Spring AI Alibaba 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
low confidence
None detected
No clear third-party provider dependency detected.
Credential signal: API keys or service config markers documented.
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 Spring AI Alibaba'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.

2026-08-12
Tool Surface Changed
Detected tool/plugin surface changed: extension-based → declared

Maintain Spring AI Alibaba?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores Spring AI Alibaba 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.

Reputation Timeline

Signal history
Rank 29HVTrust 4Score 3Surface 1
2026-10-08
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 34 spots (#747 → #781)
2026-10-07
Rank Moved
Rank rose 107 spots (#854 → #747)
2026-10-07
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust up 3.2pts (53.5 → 56.7)
2026-10-07
Activity Score Changed
Activity score up 9pts (62 → 71)
2026-09-24
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 30 spots (#774 → #804)
2026-09-24
Activity Score Changed
Activity score down 6pts (70 → 64)
2026-09-23
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 517 spots (#257 → #774)
2026-09-23
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust down 3.3pts (58.6 → 55.3)
2026-09-23
Activity Score Changed
Activity score down 7pts (77 → 70)
2026-09-21
Rank Moved
Rank rose 399 spots (#656 → #257)
2026-09-16
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Rank rose 41 spots (#683 → #642)
2026-09-14
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Rank dropped 14 spots (#663 → #677)
2026-09-11
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Rank dropped 11 spots (#638 → #649)
2026-09-09
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Rank dropped 15 spots (#618 → #633)
2026-09-07
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Rank dropped 47 spots (#562 → #609)
2026-09-05
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Rank dropped 77 spots (#477 → #554)
2026-09-04
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Rank dropped 11 spots (#466 → #477)
2026-09-03
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Rank dropped 26 spots (#440 → #466)
2026-09-02
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Rank dropped 21 spots (#419 → #440)
2026-09-01
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Rank dropped 13 spots (#406 → #419)
2026-08-31
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 29 spots (#377 → #406)
2026-08-29
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 17 spots (#366 → #383)
2026-08-27
Rank Moved
Rank rose 95 spots (#458 → #363)
2026-08-27
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust up 4.9pts (55.5 → 60.4)
2026-08-26
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 136 spots (#322 → #458)
2026-08-26
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust down 5.2pts (60.7 → 55.5)
2026-08-22
Rank Moved
Rank rose 18 spots (#331 → #313)
2026-08-19
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 19 spots (#311 → #330)
2026-08-17
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Rank rose 17 spots (#329 → #312)
2026-08-16
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 14 spots (#315 → #329)
2026-08-13
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 17 spots (#301 → #318)
2026-08-12
Tool Surface Changed
Detected tool/plugin surface changed: extension-based → declared
2026-08-12
Rank Moved
Rank rose 17 spots (#318 → #301)
2026-08-10
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 10 spots (#307 → #317)
2026-08-08
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 72 spots (#226 → #298)
2026-07-14
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 22 spots (#185 → #207)
2026-07-13
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 19 spots (#166 → #185)

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Data sources
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