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Feynman vs OpenScience

OpenScience leads on trust: 84.6/100 (Grade A) against 72.9/100 (Grade B), a 11.7-point gap. Feynman leads on adoption; OpenScience 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)

Choose Feynman if adoption matters most.

+1.9Adoption: 19k weekly downloads against 3.8k

A OpenScience 84.6

The open-source AI workbench for scientific research

synthetic-sciences/openscience · #97 overall · #5 Research & Data · coverage B (3/5)

Choose OpenScience if supply-chain integrity and transparency matter most.

+10.7Safety / Integrity: 74% of recent commits signed, against 24%
+5.6Transparency

Where they differ

8.7

Safety / IntegrityOpenScience +10.7

19.4

8.5

TransparencyOpenScience +5.6

14.1

15.3

AdoptionFeynman +1.9

13.4

+2.4

Runtime calibrationFeynman +2.7

-0.3

2 dimensions identical: Identity 18.0 · Maintenance 20.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Feynman and OpenScience, 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	OpenSciencesynthetic-sciences/openscience
HVTrust score	72.9	84.6
Evidence grade	B	A
Coverage grade	B	B
Overall rank	#285	#97
Rank in Research & Data	#6	#5
GitHub stars	9.9k	4.0k
Last updated	today	today
Build provenance	Yes	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	—	6.6 / 10
License	MIT	Apache-2.0
Downloads	19k/wk	4k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	8.7	19.4
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	18.0
Transparency / 17	8.5	14.1
Maintenance / 20	20.0	20.0
Adoption / 20	15.3	13.4
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Declared	Declared
External providers	—	7 — Anthropic, Cohere, DeepSeek, …
Requires API keys	Yes	No
Plugin surface	extensions	plugins
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 →