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Headroom vs Ollama

Headroom leads on trust: 88.9/100 (Grade A) against 67.5/100 (Grade B), a 21.4-point gap. Headroom leads on supply-chain integrity and provenance.

A Headroom 88.9

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headroomlabs-ai/headroom · #45 overall · #2 LLM Gateways & Infra · coverage B (3/5)

Choose Headroom if supply-chain integrity and provenance matter most.

+9.5Safety / Integrity: 100% of recent commits signed, against 86%
+7.2Identity / Provenance: package provenance attested, against none
+6.1Adoption
+0.9Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 6.5 against 5.4

B Ollama 67.5

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ollama/ollama · #434 overall · #5 LLM Gateways & Infra · coverage B (3/5)

Ollama doesn't lead on any scored dimension in this pair.

Where they differ

20.6

Safety / IntegrityHeadroom +9.5

11.1

18.0

Identity / ProvenanceHeadroom +7.2

10.8

14.0

TransparencyHeadroom +0.9

13.1

18.7

AdoptionHeadroom +6.1

12.6

-2.3

Runtime calibrationOllama +2.3

+0.0

1 dimension identical: Maintenance 19.9 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Headroom and Ollama, two LLM Gateways & Infra projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	Headroomheadroomlabs-ai/headroom	Ollamaollama/ollama
HVTrust score	88.9	67.5
Evidence grade	A	B
Coverage grade	B	B
Overall rank	#45	#434
Rank in LLM Gateways & Infra	#2	#5
GitHub stars	78.7k	185.7k
Last updated	1d ago	1d ago
Build provenance	Yes	No
OSSF Scorecard	6.5 / 10	5.4 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	MIT
Downloads	154k/wk	—
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	20.6	11.1
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	10.8
Transparency / 17	14.0	13.1
Maintenance / 20	19.9	19.9
Adoption / 20	18.7	12.6
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Implemented	—
External providers	6 — Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Multi-provider (LiteLLM), …	—
Requires API keys	Yes	No
Plugin surface	plugins	—
Provenance drift	Partial	—

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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 v4.4 →