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Cua vs OpenCLI

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

Cua leads on trust — 68.8/100 (Grade B) vs 63.6/100 (Grade C), a 5.2-point gap. Full breakdown below.
Signal Cuatrycua/cua OpenCLIjackwener/OpenCLI
HVTrust score 68.8 63.6
Evidence grade B C
Coverage grade B C
Overall rank #119 #174
Rank in Browser & Computer Use #7 #8
GitHub stars 20.9k 27.7k
Last updated today 5d ago
Build provenance No No
OSSF Scorecard 3.0 / 10 5.2 / 10
License MIT Apache-2.0
Downloads 11k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25 7.0 11.5
Identity & provenance / 18 10.8 10.8
Transparency / 17 11.1 12.9
Maintenance / 20 20.0 18.3
Adoption / 20 15.8 10.7
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server Implemented
External providers 3 — Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, OpenAI
Requires API keys No No
Plugin surface extensions
Provenance drift Match
Open in the live compare tool → Cua profile OpenCLI profile More Browser & Computer Use →

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 v4.2 →