CodeWhale vs Mistral Vibe
Both are Grade A and 2.3 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. CodeWhale leads on maintenance; Mistral Vibe leads on supply-chain integrity.
Open-source agent for the terminal written in Rust. Use any provider or model. Issues & PRs always welcome
Choose CodeWhale if maintenance matters most.
- +4.0Maintenance: last push today, against 2d ago
Minimal CLI coding agent by Mistral
Choose Mistral Vibe if supply-chain integrity matters most.
- +2.5Safety / Integrity: 80% of recent commits signed, against 22%
Where they differ
1 dimension identical: Identity 18.0 · Full evidence table
An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of CodeWhale and Mistral Vibe, 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 | Mistral Vibemistralai/mistral-vibe |
|---|---|---|
| HVTrust score | 83.3 | 85.6 |
| Evidence grade | A | A |
| Coverage grade | B | B |
| Overall rank | #114 | #91 |
| Rank in Coding Agents | #8 | #6 |
| GitHub stars | 41.2k | 5.3k |
| Last updated | today | 2d ago |
| Build provenance | Yes | Yes |
| OSSF Scorecard | 5.9 / 10 | 5.6 / 10 |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Downloads | 6k/wk | 319k/wk |
| Trust dimensions (points earned) | ||
| Safety / integrity / 25 | 16.0 | 18.5 |
| Identity & provenance / 18 | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Transparency / 17 | 13.5 | 13.3 |
| Maintenance / 20 | 20.0 | 16.0 |
| Adoption / 20 | 16.1 | 16.3 |
| Runtime capability surface (full matrix) | ||
| MCP server | Declared | Implemented |
| External providers | — | 1 — Mistral AI |
| Requires API keys | No | Yes |
| Plugin surface | plugins | plugins |
| Provenance drift | Unknown | 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 v4.4 →