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Container Use vs Fence

Both are Grade C and 1.1 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. Container Use leads on adoption; Fence leads on supply-chain integrity and transparency.

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 · #804 overall · #7 Sandboxes & Runtimes · coverage C (2/5)

Choose Container Use if adoption matters most.

+1.5Adoption: 4.1k GitHub stars against 991

C Fence 56.6

Lightweight, container-free sandbox for running commands with network and filesystem restrictions

fencesandbox/fence · #764 overall · #6 Sandboxes & Runtimes · coverage C (2/5)

Choose Fence if supply-chain integrity and transparency matter most.

+1.8Safety / Integrity: OSSF Scorecard 7.0 against 4.8
+1.8Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 7.0 against 4.8
+1.0Maintenance: last push 7d ago, against 22d ago

Where they differ

10.9

Safety / IntegrityFence +1.8

12.7

12.6

TransparencyFence +1.8

14.4

10.5

MaintenanceFence +1.0

11.5

8.7

AdoptionContainer Use +1.5

7.2

+2.0

Runtime calibrationContainer Use +2.0

+0.0

1 dimension identical: Identity 10.8 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Container Use and Fence, 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	Fencefencesandbox/fence
HVTrust score	55.5	56.6
Evidence grade	C	C
Coverage grade	C	C
Overall rank	#804	#764
Rank in Sandboxes & Runtimes	#7	#6
GitHub stars	4.1k	991
Last updated	22d ago	7d ago
Build provenance	No	No
OSSF Scorecard	4.8 / 10	7.0 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Downloads	—	—
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	10.9	12.7
Identity & provenance / 18	10.8	10.8
Transparency / 17	12.6	14.4
Maintenance / 20	10.5	11.5
Adoption / 20	8.7	7.2
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Implemented	—
External providers	—	—
Requires API keys	No	No
Plugin surface	—	—
Provenance drift	—	—

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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 →