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Guardrails AI vs PentestAgent

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Guardrails AI and PentestAgent, 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 — 82.8/100 (Grade A) vs 56.4/100 (Grade C), a 26.4-point gap. Full breakdown below.
Signal Guardrails AIguardrails-ai/guardrails PentestAgentGH05TCREW/pentestagent
HVTrust score 82.8 56.4
Evidence grade A C
Coverage grade A C
Overall rank #61 #398
Rank in Security & Guardrails #3 #11
GitHub stars 7.3k 3.0k
Last updated today 14d ago
Build provenance Yes No
OSSF Scorecard 6.1 / 10 6.1 / 10
License Apache-2.0 MIT
Downloads 41k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25 20.1 9.7
Identity & provenance / 18 18.0 10.8
Transparency / 17 13.7 13.7
Maintenance / 20 17.6 14.7
Adoption / 20 15.4 8.3
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server Implemented
External providers 3 — Anthropic, Multi-provider (LiteLLM), OpenAI 4 — Anthropic, Multi-provider (LiteLLM), OpenAI, …
Requires API keys Yes Yes
Plugin surface
Provenance drift Unknown
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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 →