Firecrawl vs Unstructured
An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Firecrawl and Unstructured, two Research & Data projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.
Firecrawl leads on trust — 88.6/100 (Grade A) vs 87.6/100 (Grade A), a 1.0-point gap. Note: Firecrawl's evidence coverage is thinner (coverage B vs A) — its score rests on fewer independent signal types. Full breakdown below.
| Signal | Firecrawlfirecrawl/firecrawl | UnstructuredUnstructured-IO/unstructured |
|---|---|---|
| HVTrust score | 88.6 | 87.6 |
| Evidence grade | A | A |
| Coverage grade | B | A |
| Overall rank | #32 | #41 |
| Rank in Research & Data | #2 | #3 |
| GitHub stars | 182.0k | 15.4k |
| Last updated | today | 3d ago |
| Build provenance | Yes | Yes |
| OSSF Scorecard | 5.8 / 10 | 6.6 / 10 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Downloads | 1.2M/wk | 564k/wk |
| Trust dimensions (points earned) | ||
| Safety / integrity / 25 | 19.7 | 20.7 |
| Identity & provenance / 18 | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Transparency / 17 | 13.4 | 14.1 |
| Maintenance / 20 | 20.0 | 16.5 |
| Adoption / 20 | 20.0 | 17.7 |
| Runtime capability surface (full matrix) | ||
| MCP server | — | Implemented |
| External providers | 7 — Anthropic, Firecrawl, Groq, … | 7 — Amazon Bedrock, Google Gemini, OpenAI, … |
| Requires API keys | Yes | No |
| Plugin surface | — | — |
| 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 v4.3 →