Cloudflare Agents vs Haystack
An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Cloudflare Agents and Haystack, two Agent Frameworks projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.
Haystack leads on trust — 94.0/100 (Grade A) vs 88.7/100 (Grade A), a 5.3-point gap. Full breakdown below.
| Signal | Cloudflare Agentscloudflare/agents | Haystackdeepset-ai/haystack |
|---|---|---|
| HVTrust score | 88.7 | 94.0 |
| Evidence grade | A | A |
| Coverage grade | B | B |
| Overall rank | #14 | #2 |
| Rank in Agent Frameworks | #4 | #2 |
| GitHub stars | 5.3k | 26.1k |
| Last updated | today | today |
| Build provenance | Yes | Yes |
| OSSF Scorecard | 5.3 / 10 | 9.4 / 10 |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Downloads | 777k/wk | 244k/wk |
| Trust dimensions (points earned) | ||
| Safety / integrity / 25 | 18.3 | 24.2 |
| Identity & provenance / 18 | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Transparency / 17 | 13.0 | 16.5 |
| Maintenance / 20 | 19.3 | 20.0 |
| Adoption / 20 | 16.8 | 17.8 |
| Runtime capability surface (full matrix) | ||
| MCP server | Implemented | Declared |
| External providers | 2 — Anthropic, OpenAI | 5 — Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, … |
| Requires API keys | No | No |
| Plugin surface | plugins | plugins |
| Provenance drift | Match | Match |
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 v4.2 →