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BoxLite vs OpenSandbox

BoxLite leads on trust: 85.8/100 (Grade A) against 73.2/100 (Grade B), a 12.6-point gap. BoxLite leads on supply-chain integrity and provenance; OpenSandbox leads on adoption.

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.

+11.2Safety / Integrity: 100% of recent commits signed, against 35%
+7.2Identity / Provenance: package provenance attested, against none

B OpenSandbox 73.2

Secure, Fast, and Extensible Sandbox runtime for AI agents.

opensandbox-group/OpenSandbox · #293 overall · #4 Sandboxes & Runtimes · coverage B (3/5)

Choose OpenSandbox if adoption matters most.

+2.7Adoption: 328.9k weekly downloads against 89.7k

Where they differ

19.0

Safety / IntegrityBoxLite +11.2

7.8

18.0

Identity / ProvenanceBoxLite +7.2

10.8

12.9

TransparencyBoxLite +0.3

12.6

14.8

AdoptionOpenSandbox +2.7

17.5

+1.2

Runtime calibrationOpenSandbox +3.4

+4.6

1 dimension identical: Maintenance 19.9 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of BoxLite and OpenSandbox, 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	OpenSandboxopensandbox-group/OpenSandbox
HVTrust score	85.8	73.2
Evidence grade	A	B
Coverage grade	B	B
Overall rank	#87	#293
Rank in Sandboxes & Runtimes	#1	#4
GitHub stars	2.7k	16.4k
Last updated	1d ago	1d ago
Build provenance	Yes	No
OSSF Scorecard	5.2 / 10	4.8 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Downloads	90k/wk	329k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	19.0	7.8
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	10.8
Transparency / 17	12.9	12.6
Maintenance / 20	19.9	19.9
Adoption / 20	14.8	17.5
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	—	Implemented
External providers	3 — Anthropic, Postgres, Redis	2 — Postgres, Redis
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 →