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BoxLite vs Cube Sandbox

BoxLite leads on trust: 85.8/100 (Grade A) against 72.5/100 (Grade B), a 13.3-point gap. BoxLite leads on supply-chain integrity and provenance.

A BoxLite 85.8

The micro-VM for AI agents — light enough to embed on your laptop, elastic enough to power an agentic cloud.

boxlite-ai/boxlite · #87 overall · #1 Sandboxes & Runtimes · coverage B (3/5)

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

+8.1Safety / Integrity: 100% of recent commits signed, against 94%
+7.2Identity / Provenance: package provenance attested, against none

B Cube Sandbox 72.5

Instant, Concurrent, Secure & Lightweight Sandbox for AI Agents.

TencentCloud/CubeSandbox · #307 overall · #5 Sandboxes & Runtimes · coverage B (3/5)

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

Where they differ

19.0

Safety / IntegrityBoxLite +8.1

10.9

18.0

Identity / ProvenanceBoxLite +7.2

10.8

12.9

TransparencyBoxLite +0.1

12.8

14.8

AdoptionBoxLite +0.4

14.4

+1.2

Runtime calibrationCube Sandbox +2.5

+3.7

1 dimension identical: Maintenance 19.9 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of BoxLite and Cube Sandbox, two Sandboxes & Runtimes projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	BoxLiteboxlite-ai/boxlite	Cube SandboxTencentCloud/CubeSandbox
HVTrust score	85.8	72.5
Evidence grade	A	B
Coverage grade	B	B
Overall rank	#87	#307
Rank in Sandboxes & Runtimes	#1	#5
GitHub stars	2.7k	13.1k
Last updated	1d ago	1d ago
Build provenance	Yes	No
OSSF Scorecard	5.2 / 10	5.0 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	NOASSERTION
Downloads	90k/wk	3k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	19.0	10.9
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	10.8
Transparency / 17	12.9	12.8
Maintenance / 20	19.9	19.9
Adoption / 20	14.8	14.4
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	—	—
External providers	3 — Anthropic, Postgres, Redis	—
Requires API keys	No	No
Plugin surface	plugins	plugins
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 →