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Cline vs ECC

Both are Grade A and 1.2 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. Cline leads on transparency and adoption, and rests on broader evidence.

A Cline 92.2

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

cline/cline · #11 overall · #1 Coding Agents · coverage A (4/5)

Choose Cline if transparency and adoption matter most.

+1.1Adoption: 5.9M weekly downloads against 21.7k
+0.6Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 6.3 against 5.7
A vs BEvidence coverage: 4 of 5 independent signal types, against 3

A ECC 91.0

The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond.

affaan-m/ECC · #18 overall · #2 Coding Agents · coverage B (3/5)

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

Where they differ

20.0

Safety / IntegrityCline +0.4

19.6

13.9

TransparencyCline +0.6

13.3

20.0

MaintenanceCline +0.1

19.9

20.0

AdoptionCline +1.1

18.9

+0.3

Runtime calibrationECC +1.0

+1.3

1 dimension identical: Identity 18.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Cline and ECC, 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	ECCaffaan-m/ECC
HVTrust score	92.2	91.0
Evidence grade	A	A
Coverage grade	A	B
Overall rank	#11	#18
Rank in Coding Agents	#1	#2
GitHub stars	71.2k	295.8k
Last updated	today	1d ago
Build provenance	Yes	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	6.3 / 10	5.7 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	MIT
Downloads	5.9M/wk	22k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	20.0	19.6
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	18.0
Transparency / 17	13.9	13.3
Maintenance / 20	20.0	19.9
Adoption / 20	20.0	18.9
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Declared	Implemented
External providers	—	2 — Anthropic, OpenAI
Requires API keys	Yes	Yes
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 →