Cube Sandbox vs OpenSandbox
Both are Grade B and 0.7 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. Cube Sandbox leads on supply-chain integrity; OpenSandbox leads on adoption.
Instant, Concurrent, Secure & Lightweight Sandbox for AI Agents.
Choose Cube Sandbox if supply-chain integrity matters most.
- +3.1Safety / Integrity: 94% of recent commits signed, against 35%
Secure, Fast, and Extensible Sandbox runtime for AI agents.
Choose OpenSandbox if adoption matters most.
- +3.1Adoption: 328.9k weekly downloads against 2.6k
Where they differ
2 dimensions identical: Identity 10.8 · Maintenance 19.9 · Full evidence table
An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Cube Sandbox and OpenSandbox, 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 | Cube SandboxTencentCloud/CubeSandbox | OpenSandboxopensandbox-group/OpenSandbox |
|---|---|---|
| HVTrust score | 72.5 | 73.2 |
| Evidence grade | B | B |
| Coverage grade | B | B |
| Overall rank | #307 | #293 |
| Rank in Sandboxes & Runtimes | #5 | #4 |
| GitHub stars | 13.1k | 16.4k |
| Last updated | 1d ago | 1d ago |
| Build provenance | No | No |
| OSSF Scorecard | 5.0 / 10 | 4.8 / 10 |
| License | NOASSERTION | Apache-2.0 |
| Downloads | 3k/wk | 329k/wk |
| Trust dimensions (points earned) | ||
| Safety / integrity / 25 | 10.9 | 7.8 |
| Identity & provenance / 18 | 10.8 | 10.8 |
| Transparency / 17 | 12.8 | 12.6 |
| Maintenance / 20 | 19.9 | 19.9 |
| Adoption / 20 | 14.4 | 17.5 |
| Runtime capability surface (full matrix) | ||
| MCP server | — | Implemented |
| External providers | — | 2 — Postgres, Redis |
| Requires API keys | No | No |
| Plugin surface | plugins | extensions |
| Provenance drift | Match | Match |
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 →