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CLI-Anything vs MCP Apps

MCP Apps leads on trust: 87.9/100 (Grade A) against 74.3/100 (Grade B), a 13.6-point gap. MCP Apps leads on supply-chain integrity and maintenance.

B CLI-Anything 74.3

"CLI-Anything: Making ALL Software Agent-Native" -- CLI-Hub: https://clianything.cc/

HKUDS/CLI-Anything · #277 overall · #12 Protocols & Tool Integration · coverage B (3/5)

CLI-Anything doesn't lead on any scored dimension in this pair.

A MCP Apps 87.9

Official repo for spec & SDK of MCP Apps protocol - standard for UIs embedded AI chatbots, served by MCP servers

modelcontextprotocol/ext-apps · #63 overall · #7 Protocols & Tool Integration · coverage B (3/5)

Choose MCP Apps if supply-chain integrity and maintenance matter most.

+6.8Maintenance: last push 5d ago, against 42d ago
+2.4Safety / Integrity: 68% of recent commits signed, against 66%
+1.7Adoption: 8.5M weekly downloads against 2.2k
+1.6Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 5.8 against 3.9

Where they differ

15.7

Safety / IntegrityMCP Apps +2.4

18.1

11.8

TransparencyMCP Apps +1.6

13.4

9.2

MaintenanceMCP Apps +6.8

16.0

15.9

AdoptionMCP Apps +1.7

17.6

+3.7

Runtime calibrationMCP Apps +1.1

+4.8

1 dimension identical: Identity 18.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of CLI-Anything and MCP Apps, two Protocols & Tool Integration projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	CLI-AnythingHKUDS/CLI-Anything	MCP Appsmodelcontextprotocol/ext-apps
HVTrust score	74.3	87.9
Evidence grade	B	A
Coverage grade	B	B
Overall rank	#277	#63
Rank in Protocols & Tool Integration	#12	#7
GitHub stars	58.1k	3.0k
Last updated	42d ago	5d ago
Build provenance	Yes	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	3.9 / 10	5.8 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	NOASSERTION
Downloads	2k/wk	8.5M/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	15.7	18.1
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	18.0
Transparency / 17	11.8	13.4
Maintenance / 20	9.2	16.0
Adoption / 20	15.9	17.6
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	—	Implemented
External providers	1 — Anthropic	1 — Anthropic
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 →