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Codex vs Hermes Agent

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

Codex leads on trust — 93.8/100 (Grade A) vs 86.4/100 (Grade A), a 7.4-point gap. Full breakdown below.
Signal Codexopenai/codex Hermes Agentnousresearch/hermes-agent
HVTrust score 93.8 86.4
Evidence grade A A
Coverage grade B B
Overall rank #3 #34
Rank in Coding Agents #1 #5
GitHub stars 106.0k 230.8k
Last updated today today
Build provenance Yes Yes
OSSF Scorecard 6.0 / 10 6.7 / 10
License Apache-2.0 MIT
Downloads 10.9M/wk 78k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25 20.0 17.3
Identity & provenance / 18 18.0 18.0
Transparency / 17 13.6 14.2
Maintenance / 20 20.0 20.0
Adoption / 20 20.0 19.4
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server Implemented Implemented
External providers 1 — OpenAI 7 — Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, ElevenLabs, …
Requires API keys No No
Plugin surface plugins plugins
Provenance drift Match Unknown
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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 v4.3 →