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LiveKit Agents vs TEN Framework

LiveKit Agents leads on trust: 92.2/100 (Grade A) against 57.8/100 (Grade C), a 34.4-point gap. LiveKit Agents leads on supply-chain integrity and adoption, and rests on broader evidence.

A framework for building realtime voice AI agents 🤖🎙️📹

livekit/agents · #10 overall · #1 Voice & Conversational · coverage B (3/5)

Choose LiveKit Agents if supply-chain integrity and adoption matter most.

  • +10.6Safety / Integrity: OSSF Scorecard 6.5 against 4.0
  • +8.4Adoption: 15.1k GitHub stars against 11.2k
  • +7.2Identity / Provenance: package provenance attested, against none
  • +3.0Maintenance
C TEN Framework 57.8

Open-source framework for conversational voice AI agents

TEN-framework/ten-framework · #765 overall · #9 Voice & Conversational · coverage C (2/5)

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

Where they differ

20.6
Safety / IntegrityLiveKit Agents +10.6
10.0
18.0
Identity / ProvenanceLiveKit Agents +7.2
10.8
14.0
TransparencyLiveKit Agents +2.1
11.9
20.0
MaintenanceLiveKit Agents +3.0
17.0
18.1
AdoptionLiveKit Agents +8.4
9.7
+1.5
Runtime calibrationLiveKit Agents +3.1
-1.6

Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of LiveKit Agents and TEN Framework, two Voice & Conversational projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal LiveKit Agentslivekit/agents TEN FrameworkTEN-framework/ten-framework
HVTrust score 92.2 57.8
Evidence grade A C
Coverage grade B C
Overall rank #10 #765
Rank in Voice & Conversational #1 #9
GitHub stars 15.1k 11.2k
Last updated today today
Build provenance Yes No
OSSF Scorecard 6.5 / 10 4.0 / 10
License Apache-2.0 NOASSERTION
Downloads 1.1M/wk —
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25 20.6 10.0
Identity & provenance / 18 18.0 10.8
Transparency / 17 14.0 11.9
Maintenance / 20 20.0 17.0
Adoption / 20 18.1 9.7
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server Implemented —
External providers 1 — OpenAI 1 — OpenAI
Requires API keys Yes Yes
Plugin surface plugins extensions
Provenance drift 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 →