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Hindsight vs LightRAG

Hindsight leads on trust: 86.4/100 (Grade A) against 81.4/100 (Grade A), a 5.0-point gap. Hindsight leads on supply-chain integrity and maintenance; LightRAG leads on transparency.

A Hindsight 86.4

Hindsight: Agent Memory That Learns

vectorize-io/hindsight · #79 overall · #7 Memory & Knowledge · coverage A (4/5)

Choose Hindsight if supply-chain integrity and maintenance matter most.

+3.7Maintenance: last push 1d ago, against 5d ago
+1.5Safety / Integrity: 98% of recent commits signed, against 53%

A LightRAG 81.4

[EMNLP2025] LightRAG: Simple and Fast Retrieval-Augmented Generation

HKUDS/LightRAG · #144 overall · #11 Memory & Knowledge · coverage A (4/5)

Choose LightRAG if transparency matters most.

+0.5Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 5.5 against 4.9

Where they differ

18.5

Safety / IntegrityHindsight +1.5

17.0

12.7

TransparencyLightRAG +0.5

13.2

19.9

MaintenanceHindsight +3.7

16.2

17.2

AdoptionHindsight +0.1

17.1

+0.1

Runtime calibrationHindsight +0.2

-0.1

1 dimension identical: Identity 18.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Hindsight and LightRAG, two Memory & Knowledge projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	Hindsightvectorize-io/hindsight	LightRAGHKUDS/LightRAG
HVTrust score	86.4	81.4
Evidence grade	A	A
Coverage grade	A	A
Overall rank	#79	#144
Rank in Memory & Knowledge	#7	#11
GitHub stars	58.1k	40.5k
Last updated	1d ago	5d ago
Build provenance	Yes	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	4.9 / 10	5.5 / 10
License	MIT	MIT
Downloads	20k/wk	36k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	18.5	17.0
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	18.0
Transparency / 17	12.7	13.2
Maintenance / 20	19.9	16.2
Adoption / 20	17.2	17.1
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Implemented	—
External providers	1 — OpenAI	6 — Anthropic, Google Gemini, OpenAI, …
Requires API keys	Yes	Yes
Plugin surface	plugins	—
Provenance drift	Unknown	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 v4.4 →