Firecrawl vs Vibe-Trading
An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Firecrawl and Vibe-Trading, 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 — 88.7/100 (Grade A) vs 62.2/100 (Grade C), a 26.5-point gap. Full breakdown below.
| Signal | Firecrawlfirecrawl/firecrawl | Vibe-TradingHKUDS/Vibe-Trading |
|---|---|---|
| HVTrust score | 88.7 | 62.2 |
| Evidence grade | A | C |
| Coverage grade | B | C |
| Overall rank | #26 | #221 |
| Rank in Research & Data | #2 | #8 |
| GitHub stars | 182.8k | 33.8k |
| Last updated | today | 2d ago |
| Build provenance | Yes | No |
| OSSF Scorecard | 5.8 / 10 | 5.8 / 10 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Downloads | 2.2M/wk | — |
| Trust dimensions (points earned) | ||
| Safety / integrity / 25 | 19.8 | 7.2 |
| Identity & provenance / 18 | 18.0 | 10.8 |
| Transparency / 17 | 13.4 | 13.4 |
| Maintenance / 20 | 20.0 | 19.9 |
| Adoption / 20 | 20.0 | 10.9 |
| Runtime capability surface (full matrix) | ||
| MCP server | — | Implemented |
| External providers | 7 — Anthropic, Firecrawl, Groq, … | 3 — DeepSeek, OpenAI, OpenRouter |
| Requires API keys | Yes | Yes |
| Plugin surface | — | — |
| Provenance drift | 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 →