Argent vs Peekaboo
Both are Grade A and 1.2 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. Argent leads on adoption; Peekaboo leads on supply-chain integrity and transparency.
An agentic toolkit to control, debug, and profile iOS and Android apps. Made by Software Mansion.
Choose Argent if adoption matters most.
- +2.0Adoption: 141.2k weekly downloads against 1.5k
Peekaboo is a macOS CLI & optional MCP server that enables AI agents to capture screenshots of applications, or the entire system, with optional visual question answering through local or remote AI models.
Choose Peekaboo if supply-chain integrity and transparency matter most.
- +2.1Safety / Integrity: OSSF Scorecard 6.8 against 5.1
- +1.5Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 6.8 against 5.1
- +0.5Maintenance: last push today, against 1d ago
Where they differ
1 dimension identical: Identity 18.0 · Full evidence table
An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Argent and Peekaboo, 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 | Peekabooopenclaw/Peekaboo |
|---|---|---|
| HVTrust score | 88.8 | 90.0 |
| Evidence grade | A | A |
| Coverage grade | B | B |
| Overall rank | #35 | #20 |
| Rank in Browser & Computer Use | #5 | #3 |
| GitHub stars | 3.0k | 5.3k |
| Last updated | 1d ago | today |
| Build provenance | Yes | Yes |
| OSSF Scorecard | 5.1 / 10 | 6.8 / 10 |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Downloads | 141k/wk | 1k/wk |
| Trust dimensions (points earned) | ||
| Safety / integrity / 25 | 18.9 | 21.0 |
| Identity & provenance / 18 | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Transparency / 17 | 12.8 | 14.3 |
| Maintenance / 20 | 19.5 | 20.0 |
| Adoption / 20 | 15.2 | 13.2 |
| Runtime capability surface (full matrix) | ||
| MCP server | Implemented | Implemented |
| External providers | — | — |
| Requires API keys | No | No |
| Plugin surface | plugins | extensions |
| Provenance drift | Match | Match |
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 →