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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.

B Feynman 72.9

The open source AI research agent.

Companion-Inc/feynman · #285 overall · #6 Research & Data · coverage B (3/5)

Feynman doesn't lead on any scored dimension in this pair.

A Firecrawl 88.4

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firecrawl/firecrawl · #38 overall · #2 Research & Data · coverage B (3/5)

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

8.7
Safety / IntegrityFirecrawl +10.7
19.4
8.5
TransparencyFirecrawl +5.0
13.5
15.3
AdoptionFirecrawl +4.7
20.0
+2.4
Runtime calibrationFeynman +4.9
-2.5

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
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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 →