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Cline vs Codex

Both are Grade A and 2.6 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. Cline leads on supply-chain integrity and transparency, and rests on broader evidence.

A Cline 92.5

Autonomous coding agent as an SDK, IDE extension, or CLI assistant.

cline/cline · #9 overall · #1 Coding Agents · coverage A (4/5)

Choose Cline if supply-chain integrity and transparency matter most.

+5.5Safety / Integrity: 96% of recent commits signed, against 0%
+0.5Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 6.5 against 5.9
A vs BEvidence coverage: 4 of 5 independent signal types, against 3

A Codex 89.9

Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal

openai/codex · #31 overall · #3 Coding Agents · coverage B (3/5)

Codex doesn't lead on any scored dimension in this pair.

Where they differ

20.4

Safety / IntegrityCline +5.5

14.9

14.0

TransparencyCline +0.5

13.5

19.9

MaintenanceCodex +0.1

20.0

+0.2

Runtime calibrationCodex +3.3

+3.5

2 dimensions identical: Identity 18.0 · Adoption 20.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Cline and Codex, two Coding Agents projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	Clinecline/cline	Codexopenai/codex
HVTrust score	92.5	89.9
Evidence grade	A	A
Coverage grade	A	B
Overall rank	#9	#31
Rank in Coding Agents	#1	#3
GitHub stars	71.6k	135.3k
Last updated	2d ago	today
Build provenance	Yes	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	6.5 / 10	5.9 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Downloads	5.9M/wk	26.9M/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	20.4	14.9
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	18.0
Transparency / 17	14.0	13.5
Maintenance / 20	19.9	20.0
Adoption / 20	20.0	20.0
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Declared	Implemented
External providers	—	1 — OpenAI
Requires API keys	Yes	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 →