Feynman vs Firecrawl
Firecrawl leads on trust: 88.4/100 (Grade A) against 72.9/100 (Grade B), a 15.5-point gap. Firecrawl leads on supply-chain integrity and transparency.
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Choose Firecrawl if supply-chain integrity and transparency matter most.
- +10.7Safety / Integrity: 90% of recent commits signed, against 24%
- +5.0Transparency
- +4.7Adoption: 1.2M weekly downloads against 19k
Where they differ
2 dimensions identical: Identity 18.0 · Maintenance 20.0 · Full evidence table
An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Feynman and Firecrawl, two Research & Data projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.
Full evidence
| Signal | FeynmanCompanion-Inc/feynman | Firecrawlfirecrawl/firecrawl |
|---|---|---|
| HVTrust score | 72.9 | 88.4 |
| Evidence grade | B | A |
| Coverage grade | B | B |
| Overall rank | #285 | #38 |
| Rank in Research & Data | #6 | #2 |
| GitHub stars | 9.9k | 189.8k |
| Last updated | today | today |
| Build provenance | Yes | Yes |
| OSSF Scorecard | — | 5.9 / 10 |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Downloads | 19k/wk | 1.2M/wk |
| Trust dimensions (points earned) | ||
| Safety / integrity / 25 | 8.7 | 19.4 |
| Identity & provenance / 18 | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Transparency / 17 | 8.5 | 13.5 |
| Maintenance / 20 | 20.0 | 20.0 |
| Adoption / 20 | 15.3 | 20.0 |
| Runtime capability surface (full matrix) | ||
| MCP server | Declared | — |
| External providers | — | 7 — Anthropic, Firecrawl, Groq, … |
| Requires API keys | Yes | Yes |
| Plugin surface | 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 →