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BoxLite vs E2B

BoxLite leads on trust: 85.1/100 (Grade A) against 77.6/100 (Grade B), a 7.5-point gap. BoxLite leads on supply-chain integrity and provenance; E2B leads on transparency and adoption, and rests on broader evidence. Note: BoxLite's evidence coverage is thinner (coverage B vs A) — its score rests on fewer independent signal types.

A BoxLite 85.1

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

boxlite-ai/boxlite · #90 overall · #1 Sandboxes & Runtimes · coverage B (3/5)

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

+7.2Identity / Provenance: package provenance attested, against none
+6.6Safety / Integrity: 100% of recent commits signed, against 77%
+1.1Maintenance: last push today, against 1d ago

B E2B 77.6

Open-source, secure environment with real-world tools for enterprise-grade agents.

e2b-dev/e2b · #199 overall · #2 Sandboxes & Runtimes · coverage A (4/5)

Choose E2B if transparency and adoption matter most.

+4.3Adoption: 1.7M weekly downloads against 24.3k
+1.5Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 6.8 against 5.1
A vs BEvidence coverage: 4 of 5 independent signal types, against 3

Where they differ

18.9

Safety / IntegrityBoxLite +6.6

12.3

18.0

Identity / ProvenanceBoxLite +7.2

10.8

12.8

TransparencyE2B +1.5

14.3

20.0

MaintenanceBoxLite +1.1

18.9

14.0

AdoptionE2B +4.3

18.3

+1.4

Runtime calibrationE2B +1.6

+3.0

Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of BoxLite and E2B, 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	E2Be2b-dev/e2b
HVTrust score	85.1	77.6
Evidence grade	A	B
Coverage grade	B	A
Overall rank	#90	#199
Rank in Sandboxes & Runtimes	#1	#2
GitHub stars	2.5k	14.3k
Last updated	today	1d ago
Build provenance	Yes	No
OSSF Scorecard	5.1 / 10	6.8 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Downloads	24k/wk	1.7M/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	18.9	12.3
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	10.8
Transparency / 17	12.8	14.3
Maintenance / 20	20.0	18.9
Adoption / 20	14.0	18.3
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	—	Declared
External providers	3 — Anthropic, Postgres, Redis	1 — E2B
Requires API keys	No	Yes
Plugin surface	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 →