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Argent vs Stagehand

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.

Stagehand leads on trust — 87.9/100 (Grade A) vs 78.6/100 (Grade B), a 9.3-point gap. Full breakdown below.
Signal Argentsoftware-mansion/argent Stagehandbrowserbase/stagehand
HVTrust score 78.6 87.9
Evidence grade B A
Coverage grade B A
Overall rank #75 #24
Rank in Browser & Computer Use #6 #1
GitHub stars 2.0k 23.9k
Last updated 1d ago 1d ago
Build provenance Yes Yes
OSSF Scorecard 5.4 / 10
License Apache-2.0 MIT
Downloads 51k/wk 1.2M/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25 12.4 19.2
Identity & provenance / 18 18.0 18.0
Transparency / 17 8.5 13.1
Maintenance / 20 19.8 18.3
Adoption / 20 14.2 18.6
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server Implemented
External providers 3 — Anthropic, Browserbase, OpenAI
Requires API keys No No
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 v4.3 →