Is Zeroclaw safe to use?

Zeroclaw has an HVTrust score of 70.1/100 (Grade B), ranked #138 of 1283 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for Zeroclaw?

Zeroclaw scores 70.1/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 32.6k GitHub stars and is categorized under Agent Frameworks.

Zeroclaw

zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw

Fast, small, and fully autonomous AI personal assistant infrastructure, any OS, any platform — deploy anywhere, swap any

Agent Frameworks Rust Grade B Listed Apache-2.0

70.1/100

Rank #138 of 1283

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade C · 2/5 signals

Last push

2026-08-12 · 0d ago

Recent change

Rank

Is Zeroclaw safe? Zeroclaw scores 70.1/100 (Grade B), ranked #138 of 1283 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 7.3/10; 100% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-08-12. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

Ranked neighbours in Agent Frameworks

#19 Pyod — 72.1 (B) → #20 Claude Agent SDK — 71.8 (B) → #22 AgentScope — 69.6 (B) → #23 Google ADK (Python) — 69.1 (B) →

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 13 spots (#116 → #129)

2026-07-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 14 spots (#90 → #104)

Maintainer Checklist

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

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94.3

Activity sub-score · out of 100

#21

In Agent Frameworks

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 2026-08-12

Activity & Reach

Stars

32.6k

Forks

4.9k

Last Push

2026-08-12

today

Commits (4 wk)

399

Downloads (7d)

—

HN mentions (30d)

—

Open Issues

457

Rank Change

was #138

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Agent Frameworks

70.1 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

Zeroclaw Agent Frameworks average (118 agents)

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

14.1 / 25

6.0 above avg 8.1

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

10.8 / 18

0.8 below avg 11.6

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

14.7 / 17

3.2 above avg 11.5

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

20.0 / 20

5.7 above avg 14.3

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

10.8 / 20

0.6 below avg 11.4

Activity Inputs

94.3 / 100

StarsRepository reach

27.1 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

25.0 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

25 / 25

CommunityFork signal

17.2 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

7.3 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Aug 11, 2026

Signed Commits

100%

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 9

Branch-Protection 8

CI-Tests 10

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 10

Contributors 10

Dangerous-Workflow 10

Dependency-Update-Tool 10

Fuzzing 10

License 10

Maintained 10

Packaging 10

Pinned-Dependencies 9

SAST 9

Security-Policy 10

Signed-Releases 0

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 0

Is Zeroclaw safe?

Zeroclaw 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 Zeroclaw publish package provenance?

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

Does Zeroclaw have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

Zeroclaw has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 7.3/10. 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 Zeroclaw actively maintained?

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

What license does Zeroclaw use?

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

Are Zeroclaw's commits signed?

100% of the last 100 commits to Zeroclaw 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

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

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For maintainers

HVTrust scores Zeroclaw 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 13 spots (#116 → #129)

2026-07-13

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 14 spots (#90 → #104)

2026-06-24

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #91

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