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Eve vs Obsidian Second Brain

Eve leads on trust: 67.1/100 (Grade B) against 63.5/100 (Grade C), a 3.6-point gap. Eve leads on supply-chain integrity; Obsidian Second Brain leads on transparency.

B Eve 67.1

The Open Framework for Building Agents

vercel/eve · #449 overall · #1 Needs review · coverage C (2/5)

Choose Eve if supply-chain integrity matters most.

+0.6Safety / Integrity: 100% of recent commits signed, against 70%

C Obsidian Second Brain 63.5

Persistent memory for Claude Code, Codex and 6 other AI agents, stored as plain markdown in your Obsidian vault. New: Crew, one shared logbook so Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Grok Bot know what each other did. 48 commands: semantic search, self-rewriting notes, key-less research, scheduled agents.

eugeniughelbur/obsidian-second-brain · #572 overall · #3 Needs review · coverage C (2/5)

Choose Obsidian Second Brain if transparency matters most.

+0.6Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 6.6 against 5.9

Where they differ

12.4

Safety / IntegrityEve +0.6

11.8

13.5

TransparencyObsidian Second Brain +0.6

14.1

20.0

MaintenanceEve +0.2

19.8

9.0

AdoptionEve +0.2

8.8

+1.4

Runtime calibrationEve +3.2

-1.8

1 dimension identical: Identity 10.8 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Eve and Obsidian Second Brain, two Needs review projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	Evevercel/eve	Obsidian Second Braineugeniughelbur/obsidian-second-brain
HVTrust score	67.1	63.5
Evidence grade	B	C
Coverage grade	C	C
Overall rank	#449	#572
Rank in Needs review	#1	#3
GitHub stars	5.6k	4.8k
Last updated	today	1d ago
Build provenance	No	No
OSSF Scorecard	5.9 / 10	6.6 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	MIT
Downloads	—	—
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	12.4	11.8
Identity & provenance / 18	10.8	10.8
Transparency / 17	13.5	14.1
Maintenance / 20	20.0	19.8
Adoption / 20	9.0	8.8
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Implemented	Implemented
External providers	—	6 — Anthropic, Google Gemini, OpenAI, …
Requires API keys	No	Yes
Plugin surface	extensions	plugins
Provenance drift	—	—

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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 v4.4 →