LangGraph vs PydanticAI
LangGraph leads on trust: 94.4/100 (Grade A) against 88.6/100 (Grade A), a 5.8-point gap. LangGraph leads on supply-chain integrity and adoption.
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Choose LangGraph if supply-chain integrity and adoption matter most.
- +1.4Safety / Integrity: OSSF Scorecard 7.1 against 6.0
- +1.3Adoption: 18.5M weekly downloads against 1.7M
- +0.9Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 7.1 against 6.0
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PydanticAI doesn't lead on any scored dimension in this pair.
Where they differ
1 dimension identical: Identity 18.0 · Full evidence table
An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of LangGraph and PydanticAI, two Agent Frameworks projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.
Full evidence
| Signal | LangGraphlangchain-ai/langgraph | PydanticAIpydantic/pydantic-ai |
|---|---|---|
| HVTrust score | 94.4 | 88.6 |
| Evidence grade | A | A |
| Coverage grade | A | A |
| Overall rank | #2 | #52 |
| Rank in Agent Frameworks | #2 | #8 |
| GitHub stars | 44.3k | 21.0k |
| Last updated | 1d ago | today |
| Build provenance | Yes | Yes |
| OSSF Scorecard | 7.1 / 10 | 6.0 / 10 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Downloads | 18.5M/wk | 1.7M/wk |
| Trust dimensions (points earned) | ||
| Safety / integrity / 25 | 21.4 | 20.0 |
| Identity & provenance / 18 | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Transparency / 17 | 14.5 | 13.6 |
| Maintenance / 20 | 19.9 | 20.0 |
| Adoption / 20 | 20.0 | 18.7 |
| Runtime capability surface (full matrix) | ||
| MCP server | — | Declared |
| External providers | — | 9 — Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Cohere, … |
| Requires API keys | No | No |
| Plugin surface | — | plugins |
| Provenance drift | Partial | Match |
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 →