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Browser Use vs Stagehand

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Browser Use and Stagehand, two Browser & Computer Use projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Stagehand leads on trust — 86.7/100 (Grade A) vs 74.1/100 (Grade B), a 12.6-point gap. Full breakdown below.
Signal Browser Usebrowser-use/browser-use Stagehandbrowserbase/stagehand
HVTrust score 74.1 86.7
Evidence grade B A
Coverage grade A A
Overall rank #103 #33
Rank in Browser & Computer Use #8 #2
GitHub stars 109.6k 24.0k
Last updated today today
Build provenance No Yes
OSSF Scorecard 4.8 / 10 5.2 / 10
License MIT MIT
Downloads 15.8M/wk 1.2M/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25 9.7 19.0
Identity & provenance / 18 10.8 18.0
Transparency / 17 12.6 12.9
Maintenance / 20 20.0 18.5
Adoption / 20 20.0 18.6
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server Declared
External providers 5 — Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Google Gemini, … 3 — Anthropic, Browserbase, OpenAI
Requires API keys Yes Yes
Plugin surface 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 v4.3 →