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Agency Swarm vs agent-swarm

Both are Grade B and 2.6 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. Agency Swarm leads on adoption and rests on broader evidence; agent-swarm leads on supply-chain integrity and transparency.

B Agency Swarm 68.0

Reliable Multi-Agent Orchestration Framework

VRSEN/agency-swarm · #407 overall · #5 Multi-Agent Systems · coverage A (4/5)

Choose Agency Swarm if adoption matters most.

+5.6Adoption: 4.6k GitHub stars against 878
A vs CEvidence coverage: 4 of 5 independent signal types, against 2

B agent-swarm 65.4

Your Company Agentic Operating System

desplega-ai/agent-swarm · #484 overall · #8 Multi-Agent Systems · coverage C (2/5)

Choose agent-swarm if supply-chain integrity and transparency matter most.

+4.1Safety / Integrity: 100% of recent commits signed, against 70%
+1.8Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 6.6 against 4.5

Where they differ

9.1

Safety / Integrityagent-swarm +4.1

13.2

12.3

Transparencyagent-swarm +1.8

14.1

19.6

Maintenanceagent-swarm +0.4

20.0

12.7

AdoptionAgency Swarm +5.6

7.1

+3.5

Runtime calibrationAgency Swarm +3.3

+0.2

1 dimension identical: Identity 10.8 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Agency Swarm and agent-swarm, two Multi-Agent Systems projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	Agency SwarmVRSEN/agency-swarm	agent-swarmdesplega-ai/agent-swarm
HVTrust score	68.0	65.4
Evidence grade	B	B
Coverage grade	A	C
Overall rank	#407	#484
Rank in Multi-Agent Systems	#5	#8
GitHub stars	4.6k	878
Last updated	1d ago	today
Build provenance	No	No
OSSF Scorecard	4.5 / 10	6.6 / 10
License	MIT	MIT
Downloads	817/wk	—
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	9.1	13.2
Identity & provenance / 18	10.8	10.8
Transparency / 17	12.3	14.1
Maintenance / 20	19.6	20.0
Adoption / 20	12.7	7.1
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Implemented	Implemented
External providers	2 — Multi-provider (LiteLLM), OpenAI	4 — Anthropic, E2B, Google Gemini, …
Requires API keys	Yes	No
Plugin surface	marketplace	plugins
Provenance drift	Match	—

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How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption, scaled by an evidence-confidence factor. Grade bands: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Signals refresh daily. Full methodology v4.4 →