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Daytona vs E2B

E2B leads on trust: 77.7/100 (Grade B) against 54.9/100 (Grade C), a 22.8-point gap. Daytona leads on adoption; E2B leads on maintenance and transparency.

C Daytona 54.9

Daytona is a Secure and Elastic Infrastructure for Running AI-Generated Code

daytonaio/daytona · #789 overall · #9 Sandboxes & Runtimes · coverage A (4/5)

Choose Daytona if adoption matters most.

+0.6Adoption: 71.7k GitHub stars against 14k

B E2B 77.7

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

e2b-dev/e2b · #181 overall · #2 Sandboxes & Runtimes · coverage A (4/5)

Choose E2B if maintenance and transparency matter most.

+11.3Maintenance: last push 1d ago, against 67d ago
+10.0Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 6.9 against 5.2
+1.1Safety / Integrity: OSSF Scorecard 6.9 against 5.2

Where they differ

11.5

Safety / IntegrityE2B +1.1

12.6

4.4

TransparencyE2B +10.0

14.4

7.5

MaintenanceE2B +11.3

18.8

18.7

AdoptionDaytona +0.6

18.1

+2.0

Runtime calibrationE2B +1.0

+3.0

1 dimension identical: Identity 10.8 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Daytona 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	Daytonadaytonaio/daytona	E2Be2b-dev/e2b
HVTrust score	54.9	77.7
Evidence grade	C	B
Coverage grade	A	A
Overall rank	#789	#181
Rank in Sandboxes & Runtimes	#9	#2
GitHub stars	71.7k	14.0k
Last updated	67d ago	1d ago
Build provenance	No	No
OSSF Scorecard	5.2 / 10	6.9 / 10
License	—	Apache-2.0
Downloads	208k/wk	1.4M/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	11.5	12.6
Identity & provenance / 18	10.8	10.8
Transparency / 17	4.4	14.4
Maintenance / 20	7.5	18.8
Adoption / 20	18.7	18.1
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Implemented	Declared
External providers	—	1 — E2B
Requires API keys	No	Yes
Plugin surface	—	—
Provenance drift	Unknown	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 v4.3 →