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Container Use vs Daytona

Both are Grade C and 1.7 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. Container Use leads on transparency and maintenance; Daytona leads on adoption and rests on broader evidence. Note: Container Use's evidence coverage is thinner (coverage C vs A) — its score rests on fewer independent signal types.

C Container Use 55.5

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dagger/container-use · #804 overall · #7 Sandboxes & Runtimes · coverage C (2/5)

Choose Container Use if transparency and maintenance matter most.

+8.4Transparency: Apache-2.0 license, against none declared
+3.9Maintenance: last push 22d ago, against 81d ago

C Daytona 53.8

Daytona is a Secure and Elastic Infrastructure for Running AI-Generated Code

daytonaio/daytona · #860 overall · #8 Sandboxes & Runtimes · coverage A (4/5)

Choose Daytona if adoption matters most.

+10.3Adoption: 71.6k GitHub stars against 4.1k
A vs CEvidence coverage: 4 of 5 independent signal types, against 2

Where they differ

10.9

Safety / IntegrityDaytona +0.3

11.2

12.6

TransparencyContainer Use +8.4

4.2

10.5

MaintenanceContainer Use +3.9

6.6

8.7

AdoptionDaytona +10.3

19.0

1 dimension identical: Identity 10.8 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Container Use and Daytona, two Sandboxes & Runtimes projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	Container Usedagger/container-use	Daytonadaytonaio/daytona
HVTrust score	55.5	53.8
Evidence grade	C	C
Coverage grade	C	A
Overall rank	#804	#860
Rank in Sandboxes & Runtimes	#7	#8
GitHub stars	4.1k	71.6k
Last updated	22d ago	81d ago
Build provenance	No	No
OSSF Scorecard	4.8 / 10	5.0 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	—
Downloads	—	332k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	10.9	11.2
Identity & provenance / 18	10.8	10.8
Transparency / 17	12.6	4.2
Maintenance / 20	10.5	6.6
Adoption / 20	8.7	19.0
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Implemented	Implemented
External providers	—	—
Requires API keys	No	No
Plugin surface	—	—
Provenance drift	—	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 v4.4 →