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Argent vs Browser Harness

Both are Grade A and 0.7 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. Argent leads on supply-chain integrity and maintenance; Browser Harness leads on transparency and adoption.

A Argent 89.8

An agentic toolkit to control, debug, and profile iOS and Android apps. Made by Software Mansion.

software-mansion/argent · #32 overall · #7 Browser & Computer Use · coverage B (3/5)

Choose Argent if supply-chain integrity and maintenance matter most.

+1.9Safety / Integrity: 96% of recent commits signed, against 41%
+0.7Maintenance

A Browser Harness 90.5

Let Claude Code, Codex or Cursor use your real Chrome, logged in as you. One prompt to set up. Open source, MIT.

browser-use/browser-harness · #24 overall · #5 Browser & Computer Use · coverage B (3/5)

Choose Browser Harness if transparency and adoption matter most.

+3.0Adoption: 2.2M weekly downloads against 277.4k
+0.6Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 6.1 against 5.4

Where they differ

19.1

Safety / IntegrityArgent +1.9

17.2

13.1

TransparencyBrowser Harness +0.6

13.7

19.9

MaintenanceArgent +0.7

19.2

15.7

AdoptionBrowser Harness +3.0

18.7

+4.0

Runtime calibrationArgent +0.3

+3.7

1 dimension identical: Identity 18.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Argent and Browser Harness, two Browser & Computer Use projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	Argentsoftware-mansion/argent	Browser Harnessbrowser-use/browser-harness
HVTrust score	89.8	90.5
Evidence grade	A	A
Coverage grade	B	B
Overall rank	#32	#24
Rank in Browser & Computer Use	#7	#5
GitHub stars	3.2k	19.0k
Last updated	1d ago	1d ago
Build provenance	Yes	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	5.4 / 10	6.1 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	MIT
Downloads	277k/wk	2.2M/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	19.1	17.2
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	18.0
Transparency / 17	13.1	13.7
Maintenance / 20	19.9	19.2
Adoption / 20	15.7	18.7
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Implemented	Implemented
External providers	—	1 — Anthropic
Requires API keys	No	No
Plugin surface	plugins	plugins
Provenance drift	Match	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 →