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CodeWhale vs ECC

ECC leads on trust: 91.0/100 (Grade A) against 83.3/100 (Grade A), a 7.7-point gap. ECC leads on supply-chain integrity and adoption.

A CodeWhale 83.3

Open-source agent for the terminal written in Rust. Use any provider or model. Issues & PRs always welcome

Hmbown/CodeWhale · #114 overall · #8 Coding Agents · coverage B (3/5)

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

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)

Choose ECC if supply-chain integrity and adoption matter most.

+3.6Safety / Integrity: 99% of recent commits signed, against 22%
+2.8Adoption: 21.7k weekly downloads against 5.6k

Where they differ

16.0

Safety / IntegrityECC +3.6

19.6

13.5

TransparencyCodeWhale +0.2

13.3

20.0

MaintenanceCodeWhale +0.1

19.9

16.1

AdoptionECC +2.8

18.9

-0.3

Runtime calibrationECC +1.6

+1.3

1 dimension identical: Identity 18.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of CodeWhale 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	CodeWhaleHmbown/CodeWhale	ECCaffaan-m/ECC
HVTrust score	83.3	91.0
Evidence grade	A	A
Coverage grade	B	B
Overall rank	#114	#18
Rank in Coding Agents	#8	#2
GitHub stars	41.2k	294.5k
Last updated	today	2d ago
Build provenance	Yes	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	5.9 / 10	5.7 / 10
License	MIT	MIT
Downloads	6k/wk	22k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	16.0	19.6
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	18.0
Transparency / 17	13.5	13.3
Maintenance / 20	20.0	19.9
Adoption / 20	16.1	18.9
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Declared	Implemented
External providers	—	2 — Anthropic, OpenAI
Requires API keys	No	Yes
Plugin surface	plugins	plugins
Provenance drift	Unknown	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 →