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Headroom vs vLLM

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Headroom and vLLM, 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.

Headroom leads on trust — 86.7/100 (Grade A) vs 79.8/100 (Grade B), a 6.9-point gap. Note: Headroom's evidence coverage is thinner (coverage B vs A) — its score rests on fewer independent signal types. Full breakdown below.
Signal Headroomchopratejas/headroom vLLMvllm-project/vllm
HVTrust score 86.7 79.8
Evidence grade A B
Coverage grade B A
Overall rank #23 #58
Rank in LLM Gateways & Infra #1 #3
GitHub stars 62.6k 87.2k
Last updated today today
Build provenance Yes No
OSSF Scorecard 4.6 / 10 6.7 / 10
License Apache-2.0 Apache-2.0
Downloads 208k/wk 1.2M/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25 18.1 13.4
Identity & provenance / 18 18.0 10.8
Transparency / 17 12.4 14.2
Maintenance / 20 20.0 20.0
Adoption / 20 18.6 19.9
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server Implemented Declared
External providers 4 — Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, OpenAI, … 3 — Anthropic, OpenAI, Postgres
Requires API keys No No
Plugin surface extensions plugins
Provenance drift Partial Match
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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 v4.2 →