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Browser Use vs Stagehand

Stagehand leads on trust: 88.6/100 (Grade A) against 72.2/100 (Grade B), a 16.4-point gap. Browser Use leads on adoption and maintenance; Stagehand leads on supply-chain integrity and provenance.

B Browser Use 72.2

Agents that use the browser.

browser-use/browser-use · #293 overall · #12 Browser & Computer Use · coverage A (4/5)

Choose Browser Use if adoption and maintenance matter most.

+1.0Adoption: 2.4M weekly downloads against 2.0M
+0.7Maintenance: last push today, against 1d ago

A Stagehand 88.6

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browserbase/stagehand · #35 overall · #4 Browser & Computer Use · coverage A (4/5)

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

+11.0Safety / Integrity: 100% of recent commits signed, against 35%
+7.2Identity / Provenance: package provenance attested, against none

Where they differ

7.8

Safety / IntegrityStagehand +11.0

18.8

10.8

Identity / ProvenanceStagehand +7.2

18.0

12.6

TransparencyStagehand +0.2

12.8

20.0

MaintenanceBrowser Use +0.7

19.3

20.0

AdoptionBrowser Use +1.0

19.0

+1.0

Runtime calibrationBrowser Use +0.3

+0.7

Full evidence table

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.

Full evidence

Signal	Browser Usebrowser-use/browser-use	Stagehandbrowserbase/stagehand
HVTrust score	72.2	88.6
Evidence grade	B	A
Coverage grade	A	A
Overall rank	#293	#35
Rank in Browser & Computer Use	#12	#4
GitHub stars	117.1k	25.5k
Last updated	today	1d ago
Build provenance	No	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	4.8 / 10	5.0 / 10
License	MIT	MIT
Downloads	2.4M/wk	2.0M/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	7.8	18.8
Identity & provenance / 18	10.8	18.0
Transparency / 17	12.6	12.8
Maintenance / 20	20.0	19.3
Adoption / 20	20.0	19.0
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Declared	Implemented
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 v4.4 →