GPT Researcher vs OpenScience
OpenScience leads on trust: 84.2/100 (Grade A) against 68.2/100 (Grade B), a 16.0-point gap. GPT Researcher leads on adoption and rests on broader evidence; OpenScience leads on supply-chain integrity and provenance. Note: OpenScience's evidence coverage is thinner (coverage B vs A) — its score rests on fewer independent signal types.
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Choose GPT Researcher if adoption matters most.
- +2.6Adoption: 9.5k weekly downloads against 3.8k
- A vs BEvidence coverage: 4 of 5 independent signal types, against 3
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Choose OpenScience if supply-chain integrity and provenance matter most.
- +9.1Safety / Integrity: 74% of recent commits signed, against 47%
- +7.2Identity / Provenance: package provenance attested, against none
- +0.5Maintenance: last push 1d ago, against 6d ago
Where they differ
An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of GPT Researcher 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 | GPT Researcherassafelovic/gpt-researcher | OpenSciencesynthetic-sciences/openscience |
|---|---|---|
| HVTrust score | 68.2 | 84.2 |
| Evidence grade | B | A |
| Coverage grade | A | B |
| Overall rank | #390 | #96 |
| Rank in Research & Data | #7 | #5 |
| GitHub stars | 29.9k | 3.9k |
| Last updated | 6d ago | 1d ago |
| Build provenance | No | Yes |
| OSSF Scorecard | 6.2 / 10 | 6.4 / 10 |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Downloads | 9k/wk | 4k/wk |
| Trust dimensions (points earned) | ||
| Safety / integrity / 25 | 10.1 | 19.2 |
| Identity & provenance / 18 | 10.8 | 18.0 |
| Transparency / 17 | 13.8 | 13.9 |
| Maintenance / 20 | 19.4 | 19.9 |
| Adoption / 20 | 16.0 | 13.4 |
| Runtime capability surface (full matrix) | ||
| MCP server | Implemented | Declared |
| External providers | 5 — Firecrawl, Google Gemini, Multi-provider (LiteLLM), … | 7 — Anthropic, Cohere, DeepSeek, … |
| Requires API keys | Yes | No |
| Plugin surface | plugins | plugins |
| Provenance drift | Unknown | 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 v4.4 →