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Container Use vs E2B

E2B leads on trust: 77.7/100 (Grade B) against 55.5/100 (Grade C), a 22.2-point gap. E2B leads on maintenance and adoption, and rests on broader evidence.

C Container Use 55.5

Development environments for coding agents. Enable multiple agents to work safely and independently with your preferred stack.

dagger/container-use · #806 overall · #7 Sandboxes & Runtimes · coverage C (2/5)

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

B E2B 77.7

Open-source, secure environment with real-world tools for enterprise-grade agents.

e2b-dev/e2b · #201 overall · #2 Sandboxes & Runtimes · coverage A (4/5)

Choose E2B if maintenance and adoption matter most.

+9.6Adoption: 14.3k GitHub stars against 4.1k
+8.5Maintenance: last push today, against 22d ago
+1.7Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 6.8 against 4.8
+1.4Safety / Integrity: OSSF Scorecard 6.8 against 4.8

Where they differ

10.9

Safety / IntegrityE2B +1.4

12.3

12.6

TransparencyE2B +1.7

14.3

10.5

MaintenanceE2B +8.5

19.0

8.7

AdoptionE2B +9.6

18.3

+2.0

Runtime calibrationE2B +1.0

+3.0

1 dimension identical: Identity 10.8 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Container Use and E2B, 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	E2Be2b-dev/e2b
HVTrust score	55.5	77.7
Evidence grade	C	B
Coverage grade	C	A
Overall rank	#806	#201
Rank in Sandboxes & Runtimes	#7	#2
GitHub stars	4.1k	14.3k
Last updated	22d ago	today
Build provenance	No	No
OSSF Scorecard	4.8 / 10	6.8 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Downloads	—	1.7M/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	10.9	12.3
Identity & provenance / 18	10.8	10.8
Transparency / 17	12.6	14.3
Maintenance / 20	10.5	19.0
Adoption / 20	8.7	18.3
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Implemented	Declared
External providers	—	1 — E2B
Requires API keys	No	Yes
Plugin surface	—	—
Provenance drift	—	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 →