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Daytona vs OpenShell

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Daytona 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.

Daytona leads on trust — 64.1/100 (Grade C) vs 42.0/100 (Grade D), a 22.1-point gap. Full breakdown below.
Signal Daytonadaytonaio/daytona OpenShellNVIDIA/OpenShell
HVTrust score 64.1 42.0
Evidence grade C D
Coverage grade A C
Overall rank #166 #366
Rank in Sandboxes & Runtimes #3 #8
GitHub stars 72.0k 8.0k
Last updated 11d ago today
Build provenance No No
OSSF Scorecard 5.3 / 10 5.9 / 10
License AGPL-3.0 Apache-2.0
Downloads 248k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25 11.6 12.4
Identity & provenance / 18 10.8 10.8
Transparency / 17 13.0 13.5
Maintenance / 20 11.3 20.0
Adoption / 20 18.9 9.4
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server Implemented
External providers 3 — OpenAI, Postgres, Redis 2 — Anthropic, OpenAI
Requires API keys Yes Yes
Plugin surface plugins extensions
Provenance drift Unknown Unknown
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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 v4.2 →