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Argent vs Stagehand

Both are Grade A and 1.3 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. Stagehand leads on supply-chain integrity and adoption, and rests on broader evidence.

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)

Argent doesn't lead on any scored dimension in this pair.

A Stagehand 91.1

The SDK to extract data and interact with any site on the web. Get started with Claude Code, Codex, Eve, Mastra, and more.

browserbase/stagehand · #18 overall · #4 Browser & Computer Use · coverage A (4/5)

Choose Stagehand if supply-chain integrity and adoption matter most.

  • +3.6Adoption: 2.9M weekly downloads against 265.3k
  • +0.7Safety / Integrity: 100% of recent commits signed, against 96%
  • A vs BEvidence coverage: 4 of 5 independent signal types, against 3

Where they differ

19.1
Safety / IntegrityStagehand +0.7
19.8
13.1
TransparencyStagehand +0.3
13.4
20.0
MaintenanceArgent +0.1
19.9
15.6
AdoptionStagehand +3.6
19.2
+4.0
Runtime calibrationArgent +3.2
+0.8

1 dimension identical: Identity 18.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Argent and Stagehand, 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 Stagehandbrowserbase/stagehand
HVTrust score 89.8 91.1
Evidence grade A A
Coverage grade B A
Overall rank #32 #18
Rank in Browser & Computer Use #7 #4
GitHub stars 3.2k 26.0k
Last updated today today
Build provenance Yes Yes
OSSF Scorecard 5.4 / 10 5.8 / 10
License Apache-2.0 MIT
Downloads 265k/wk 2.9M/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25 19.1 19.8
Identity & provenance / 18 18.0 18.0
Transparency / 17 13.1 13.4
Maintenance / 20 20.0 19.9
Adoption / 20 15.6 19.2
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server Implemented Implemented
External providers — 2 — Browserbase, OpenAI
Requires API keys No Yes
Plugin surface plugins extensions
Provenance drift Match Match
Open in the live compare tool → Argent profile Stagehand profile More Browser & Computer Use →

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 →