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Botpress vs Trigger.dev

Both are Grade A and 0.1 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. Botpress leads on supply-chain integrity and rests on broader evidence; Trigger.dev leads on maintenance and adoption.

A Botpress 87.2

The open-source hub to build & deploy GPT/LLM Agents ⚡️

botpress/botpress · #71 overall · #2 Workflow Platforms · coverage A (4/5)

Choose Botpress if supply-chain integrity matters most.

+5.1Safety / Integrity: 99% of recent commits signed, against 2%
A vs BEvidence coverage: 4 of 5 independent signal types, against 3

A Trigger.dev 87.1

Trigger.dev – build and deploy durable AI agents and workflows

triggerdotdev/trigger.dev · #74 overall · #3 Workflow Platforms · coverage B (3/5)

Choose Trigger.dev if maintenance and adoption matter most.

+2.8Adoption: 1.5M weekly downloads against 16k
+1.9Maintenance

Where they differ

20.2

Safety / IntegrityBotpress +5.1

15.1

13.8

TransparencyBotpress +0.2

13.6

18.0

MaintenanceTrigger.dev +1.9

19.9

15.6

AdoptionTrigger.dev +2.8

18.4

+1.6

Runtime calibrationTrigger.dev +0.5

+2.1

1 dimension identical: Identity 18.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Botpress and Trigger.dev, two Workflow Platforms projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	Botpressbotpress/botpress	Trigger.devtriggerdotdev/trigger.dev
HVTrust score	87.2	87.1
Evidence grade	A	A
Coverage grade	A	B
Overall rank	#71	#74
Rank in Workflow Platforms	#2	#3
GitHub stars	15.0k	16.8k
Last updated	2d ago	2d ago
Build provenance	Yes	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	6.2 / 10	6.0 / 10
License	MIT	Apache-2.0
Downloads	16k/wk	1.5M/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	20.2	15.1
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	18.0
Transparency / 17	13.8	13.6
Maintenance / 20	18.0	19.9
Adoption / 20	15.6	18.4
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	—	Implemented
External providers	—	4 — Anthropic, OpenAI, Postgres, …
Requires API keys	Yes	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 →