Registry › Compare › Agency Swarm vs Swarms

Agency Swarm vs Swarms

Both are Grade B and 4.9 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. Agency Swarm rests on broader evidence; Swarms leads on supply-chain integrity and transparency. Note: Swarms's evidence coverage is thinner (coverage B vs A) — its score rests on fewer independent signal types.

B Agency Swarm 68.0

Reliable Multi-Agent Orchestration Framework

VRSEN/agency-swarm · #404 overall · #5 Multi-Agent Systems · coverage A (4/5)

Choose Agency Swarm if breadth of evidence matters most.

A vs BEvidence coverage: 4 of 5 independent signal types, against 3

B Swarms 72.9

The Enterprise-Grade Multi-Agent Orchestration Framework. Website: https://swarms.ai

kyegomez/swarms · #285 overall · #3 Multi-Agent Systems · coverage B (3/5)

Choose Swarms if supply-chain integrity and transparency matter most.

+3.3Safety / Integrity: 100% of recent commits signed, against 69%
+1.2Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 6.0 against 4.6
+0.8Adoption: 1.6k weekly downloads against 801
+0.6Maintenance: last push today, against 1d ago

Where they differ

9.2

Safety / IntegritySwarms +3.3

12.5

12.4

TransparencySwarms +1.2

13.6

19.4

MaintenanceSwarms +0.6

20.0

12.7

AdoptionSwarms +0.8

13.5

+3.5

Runtime calibrationAgency Swarm +1.0

+2.5

1 dimension identical: Identity 10.8 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Agency Swarm and Swarms, 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	Swarmskyegomez/swarms
HVTrust score	68.0	72.9
Evidence grade	B	B
Coverage grade	A	B
Overall rank	#404	#285
Rank in Multi-Agent Systems	#5	#3
GitHub stars	4.6k	7.2k
Last updated	1d ago	today
Build provenance	No	No
OSSF Scorecard	4.6 / 10	6.0 / 10
License	MIT	Apache-2.0
Downloads	801/wk	2k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	9.2	12.5
Identity & provenance / 18	10.8	10.8
Transparency / 17	12.4	13.6
Maintenance / 20	19.4	20.0
Adoption / 20	12.7	13.5
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Implemented	Implemented
External providers	2 — Multi-provider (LiteLLM), OpenAI	4 — Anthropic, Groq, Multi-provider (LiteLLM), …
Requires API keys	Yes	Yes
Plugin surface	marketplace	marketplace
Provenance drift	Match	Match

Open in the live compare tool → Agency Swarm profile Swarms profile More Multi-Agent Systems →

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 →