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Firecrawl vs open-science

Firecrawl leads on trust: 88.7/100 (Grade A) against 62.4/100 (Grade C), a 26.3-point gap. Firecrawl leads on adoption and supply-chain integrity, and rests on broader evidence.

A Firecrawl 88.7

The web data API to search, scrape, and interact at scale. 🔥

firecrawl/firecrawl · #36 overall · #2 Research & Data · coverage B (3/5)

Choose Firecrawl if adoption and supply-chain integrity matter most.

+11.1Adoption: 184.2k GitHub stars against 4.9k
+9.9Safety / Integrity: OSSF Scorecard 5.8 against 3.9
+7.2Identity / Provenance: package provenance attested, against none
+1.6Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 5.8 against 3.9

C open-science 62.4

The open-source AI research workbench for scientific research and agent workflows. Local-first, model-agnostic desktop app with extensible skills, MCP tools and connectors, Python/R execution and traceable artifacts for reproducible research on macOS, Windows and Linux.

aipoch/open-science · #556 overall · #9 Research & Data · coverage C (2/5)

open-science doesn't lead on any scored dimension in this pair.

Where they differ

19.8

Safety / IntegrityFirecrawl +9.9

9.9

18.0

Identity / ProvenanceFirecrawl +7.2

10.8

13.4

TransparencyFirecrawl +1.6

11.8

20.0

AdoptionFirecrawl +11.1

8.9

-2.5

Runtime calibrationopen-science +3.5

+1.0

1 dimension identical: Maintenance 20.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Firecrawl and open-science, 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	open-scienceaipoch/open-science
HVTrust score	88.7	62.4
Evidence grade	A	C
Coverage grade	B	C
Overall rank	#36	#556
Rank in Research & Data	#2	#9
GitHub stars	184.2k	4.9k
Last updated	today	today
Build provenance	Yes	No
OSSF Scorecard	5.8 / 10	3.9 / 10
License	AGPL-3.0	Apache-2.0
Downloads	2.2M/wk	—
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	19.8	9.9
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	10.8
Transparency / 17	13.4	11.8
Maintenance / 20	20.0	20.0
Adoption / 20	20.0	8.9
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	—	Implemented
External providers	7 — Anthropic, Firecrawl, Groq, …	1 — Anthropic
Requires API keys	Yes	No
Plugin surface	—	marketplace
Provenance drift	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 v4.3 →