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Guardrails AI vs Llama Guard

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Guardrails AI and Llama Guard, two Security & Guardrails projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Guardrails AI leads on trust — 69.6/100 (Grade B) vs 45.6/100 (Grade D), a 24.0-point gap. Full breakdown below.
Signal Guardrails AIguardrails-ai/guardrails Llama Guardmeta-llama/PurpleLlama
HVTrust score 69.6 45.6
Evidence grade B D
Overall rank #64 #140
Rank in Security & Guardrails #1 #3
GitHub stars 7.1k 4.3k
Last updated 4d ago 3d ago
Build provenance Yes No
OSSF Scorecard 6.5 / 10 5.9 / 10
License Apache-2.0 NOASSERTION
Downloads 41k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25 20.6 7.4
Identity & provenance / 20 18.0 10.8
Transparency / 17 14.0 13.5
Maintenance / 20 17.6 12.4
Adoption / 20 15.4 8.7
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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 v4.0 →