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Bifrost vs vLLM

Bifrost leads on trust: 89.6/100 (Grade A) against 81.0/100 (Grade A), a 8.6-point gap. Bifrost leads on supply-chain integrity and provenance; vLLM leads on adoption and rests on broader evidence. Note: Bifrost's evidence coverage is thinner (coverage B vs A) — its score rests on fewer independent signal types.

A Bifrost 89.6

Fastest enterprise AI gateway (50x faster than LiteLLM) with adaptive load balancer, cluster mode, guardrails, 1000+ models support & <100 µs overhead at 5k RPS.

maximhq/bifrost · #25 overall · #1 LLM Gateways & Infra · coverage B (3/5)

Choose Bifrost if supply-chain integrity and provenance matter most.

+8.2Safety / Integrity: OSSF Scorecard 7.1 against 6.6
+7.2Identity / Provenance: package provenance attested, against none

A vLLM 81.0

A high-throughput and memory-efficient inference and serving engine for LLMs

vllm-project/vllm · #141 overall · #2 LLM Gateways & Infra · coverage A (4/5)

Choose vLLM if adoption matters most.

+6.0Adoption: 466k weekly downloads against 1.1k
A vs BEvidence coverage: 4 of 5 independent signal types, against 3

Where they differ

21.4

Safety / IntegrityBifrost +8.2

13.2

18.0

Identity / ProvenanceBifrost +7.2

10.8

14.5

TransparencyBifrost +0.4

14.1

13.5

AdoptionvLLM +6.0

19.5

+2.2

Runtime calibrationvLLM +1.2

+3.4

1 dimension identical: Maintenance 20.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Bifrost and vLLM, two LLM Gateways & Infra projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	Bifrostmaximhq/bifrost	vLLMvllm-project/vllm
HVTrust score	89.6	81.0
Evidence grade	A	A
Coverage grade	B	A
Overall rank	#25	#141
Rank in LLM Gateways & Infra	#1	#2
GitHub stars	8.7k	93.7k
Last updated	today	today
Build provenance	Yes	No
OSSF Scorecard	7.1 / 10	6.6 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Downloads	1k/wk	466k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	21.4	13.2
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	10.8
Transparency / 17	14.5	14.1
Maintenance / 20	20.0	20.0
Adoption / 20	13.5	19.5
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Declared	Declared
External providers	—	—
Requires API keys	No	No
Plugin surface	plugins	extensions
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 →