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CLI-Anything vs mcpc

mcpc leads on trust: 83.4/100 (Grade A) against 78.9/100 (Grade B), a 4.5-point gap. CLI-Anything leads on adoption; mcpc leads on supply-chain integrity and maintenance.

B CLI-Anything 78.9

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

HKUDS/CLI-Anything · #191 overall · #10 Protocols & Tool Integration · coverage B (3/5)

Choose CLI-Anything if adoption matters most.

+3.5Adoption: 54.1k GitHub stars against 1k

A mcpc 83.4

The most compatible MCP CLI client. Supports: tools, resources, prompts, completions, async tasks, skills, stdio and Streamable HTTP (MCP 2026-07-28 and 2025-11-25). Persistent sessions, OAuth 2.1 with DCR, CIMD, client credentials, and ID-JAG, OS keychain, --json for code mode, grep across…

apify/mcpc · #112 overall · #8 Protocols & Tool Integration · coverage B (3/5)

Choose mcpc if supply-chain integrity and maintenance matter most.

+4.0Maintenance: last push 1d ago, against 26d ago
+2.2Safety / Integrity: 95% of recent commits signed, against 66%
+0.5Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 4.5 against 3.9

Where they differ

15.7

Safety / Integritymcpc +2.2

17.9

11.8

Transparencymcpc +0.5

12.3

14.1

Maintenancemcpc +4.0

18.1

15.6

AdoptionCLI-Anything +3.5

12.1

+3.7

Runtime calibrationmcpc +1.3

+5.0

1 dimension identical: Identity 18.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of CLI-Anything and mcpc, 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	mcpcapify/mcpc
HVTrust score	78.9	83.4
Evidence grade	B	A
Coverage grade	B	B
Overall rank	#191	#112
Rank in Protocols & Tool Integration	#10	#8
GitHub stars	54.1k	1.0k
Last updated	26d ago	1d ago
Build provenance	Yes	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	3.9 / 10	4.5 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Downloads	1k/wk	4k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	15.7	17.9
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	18.0
Transparency / 17	11.8	12.3
Maintenance / 20	14.1	18.1
Adoption / 20	15.6	12.1
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	—	Implemented
External providers	1 — Anthropic	—
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 →