Is ToolHive safe to use?

ToolHive has an HVTrust score of 71.0/100 (Grade B), ranked #313 of 1325 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for ToolHive?

ToolHive scores 71.0/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 2.2k GitHub stars and is categorized under Protocols & Tool Integration.

ToolHive

stacklok/toolhive

ToolHive is an enterprise-grade platform for running and managing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

Protocols & Tool Integration Go Listed Apache-2.0

Is ToolHive safe? Promising trust profile, but some evidence still deserves review.

OSSF Scorecard 8.1 / 10

Provenance None

Signed commits 100%

Last push today

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In detail: ToolHive scores 71.0/100 (Grade B), ranked #313 of 1325 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 8.1/10; 100% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-09-26. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

How ToolHive compares in Protocols & Tool Integration

Bars show each HVTrust score; the tick marks ToolHive’s 71.0.

Where the 71.0 comes from

HVTrust dimensions vs the Protocols & Tool Integration average

71.0 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

ToolHive Protocols & Tool Integration average (61 agents)

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

15.1 / 25

4.6 above avg 10.5

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

10.8 / 18

0.8 below avg 11.6

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

15.4 / 17

2.5 above avg 12.9

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

20.0 / 20

5.9 above avg 14.1

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

8.0 / 20

2.6 below avg 10.6

Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It

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

Recent Changes

2026-09-24

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: none → declared

2026-09-24

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: declared → implemented

2026-09-24

Rank Moved

Rank rose 25 spots (#339 → #314)

Maintainer Checklist

Publish provenance Add package provenance or release attestations so users can verify where shipped artifacts came from.

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81.7

Activity sub-score · out of 100

#12

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 B 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 2026-09-26

Activity & Reach

Stars

2.2k

Forks

305

Last Push

2026-09-26

today

Commits (4 wk)

207

Downloads (7d)

—

HN mentions (30d)

—

Open Issues

321

Rank Change

▲3

was #316

Analysis

Activity Inputs

81.7 / 100

StarsRepository reach

20.1 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

25.0 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

25 / 25

CommunityFork signal

11.6 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

8.1 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Sep 25, 2026

Signed Commits

100%

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 8

CI-Tests 10

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 8

Contributors 10

Dangerous-Workflow 10

Dependency-Update-Tool 10

Fuzzing 10

License 10

Maintained 10

Packaging 10

Pinned-Dependencies 7

SAST 10

Security-Policy 4

Signed-Releases 8

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 9

Common questions about ToolHive

ToolHive 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 ToolHive publish package provenance?

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

Does ToolHive have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

ToolHive has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 8.1/10. 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 ToolHive actively maintained?

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

What license does ToolHive use?

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

Are ToolHive's commits signed?

100% of the last 100 commits to ToolHive 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

ToolHive appears to expose MCP server capabilities.

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

External Service Dependencies

None detected

No clear third-party provider dependency 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 ToolHive'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.

2026-09-24

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: none → declared

2026-09-24

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: declared → implemented

2026-09-23

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: none → declared

Maintain ToolHive?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores ToolHive 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

2026-09-24

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: none → declared

2026-09-24

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: declared → implemented

2026-09-24

Rank Moved

Rank rose 25 spots (#339 → #314)

2026-09-23

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: none → declared

2026-09-23

Grade Changed

Trust grade C → B

2026-09-23

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 63 spots (#276 → #339)

2026-09-23

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 12.9pts (56.4 → 69.3)

2026-09-22

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #276

2026-09-21

Removed From Active Tracking

Removed from active tracking

2026-09-09

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 17 spots (#278 → #295)

2026-09-07

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 17 spots (#253 → #270)

2026-09-05

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 45 spots (#204 → #249)

2026-09-03

Scorecard Added

OSSF Scorecard: 8.1/10

2026-09-03

Grade Changed

Trust grade D → B

2026-09-03

Rank Moved

Rank rose 987 spots (#1186 → #199)

2026-09-03

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 43.2pts (27.8 → 71.0)

2026-09-02

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 38 spots (#1148 → #1186)

2026-09-01

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 41 spots (#1107 → #1148)

2026-08-31

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 30 spots (#1077 → #1107)

2026-08-30

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 50 spots (#1027 → #1077)

2026-08-29

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 51 spots (#976 → #1027)

2026-08-28

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 36 spots (#940 → #976)

2026-08-27

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 26 spots (#914 → #940)

2026-08-26

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 111 spots (#803 → #914)

2026-08-16

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 15 spots (#790 → #805)

2026-08-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 10 spots (#780 → #790)

2026-08-10

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #788

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