Container Use vs OpenShell
An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Container Use and OpenShell, two Sandboxes & Runtimes projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.
Container Use leads on trust — 52.3/100 (Grade C) vs 41.5/100 (Grade D), a 10.8-point gap. Full breakdown below.
| Signal | Container Usedagger/container-use | OpenShellNVIDIA/OpenShell |
|---|---|---|
| HVTrust score | 52.3 | 41.5 |
| Evidence grade | C | D |
| Coverage grade | C | C |
| Overall rank | #413 | #570 |
| Rank in Sandboxes & Runtimes | #4 | #8 |
| GitHub stars | 4.0k | 8.0k |
| Last updated | 57d ago | today |
| Build provenance | No | No |
| OSSF Scorecard | 4.4 / 10 | 5.9 / 10 |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Downloads | — | — |
| Trust dimensions (points earned) | ||
| Safety / integrity / 25 | 10.5 | 12.4 |
| Identity & provenance / 18 | 10.8 | 10.8 |
| Transparency / 17 | 12.2 | 13.5 |
| Maintenance / 20 | 8.2 | 20.0 |
| Adoption / 20 | 8.6 | 9.4 |
| Runtime capability surface (full matrix) | ||
| MCP server | Implemented | — |
| External providers | — | 3 — Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter |
| Requires API keys | No | Yes |
| Plugin surface | — | extensions |
| Provenance drift | — | Unknown |
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 →