Firecrawl vs GPT Researcher
Firecrawl leads on trust: 89.1/100 (Grade A) against 63.0/100 (Grade C), a 26.1-point gap. Firecrawl leads on supply-chain integrity and provenance; GPT Researcher rests on broader evidence. Note: Firecrawl's evidence coverage is thinner (coverage B vs A) — its score rests on fewer independent signal types.
Supercharge your AI agents with data from the web and beyond. Building the library for superintelligence. 🔥
Choose Firecrawl if supply-chain integrity and provenance matter most.
- +9.8Safety / Integrity: 98% of recent commits signed, against 49%
- +7.2Identity / Provenance: package provenance attested, against none
- +5.8Maintenance: last push today, against 24d ago
- +4.1Adoption: 2.9M weekly downloads against 6.9k
An autonomous agent that conducts deep research on any data using any LLM providers
Choose GPT Researcher if breadth of evidence matters most.
- A vs BEvidence coverage: 4 of 5 independent signal types, against 3
Where they differ
An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Firecrawl and GPT Researcher, 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 | Firecrawlfirecrawl/firecrawl | GPT Researcherassafelovic/gpt-researcher |
|---|---|---|
| HVTrust score | 89.1 | 63.0 |
| Evidence grade | A | C |
| Coverage grade | B | A |
| Overall rank | #37 | #598 |
| Rank in Research & Data | #2 | #13 |
| GitHub stars | 198.0k | 30.4k |
| Last updated | today | 24d ago |
| Build provenance | Yes | No |
| OSSF Scorecard | 6.1 / 10 | 6.2 / 10 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Downloads | 2.9M/wk | 7k/wk |
| Trust dimensions (points earned) | ||
| Safety / integrity / 25 | 20.0 | 10.2 |
| Identity & provenance / 18 | 18.0 | 10.8 |
| Transparency / 17 | 13.7 | 13.8 |
| Maintenance / 20 | 20.0 | 14.2 |
| Adoption / 20 | 20.0 | 15.9 |
| Runtime capability surface (full matrix) | ||
| MCP server | — | Implemented |
| External providers | 7 — Anthropic, Firecrawl, Groq, … | 5 — Firecrawl, Google Gemini, Multi-provider (LiteLLM), … |
| Requires API keys | Yes | Yes |
| Plugin surface | — | plugins |
| Provenance drift | Match | Unknown |
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 →