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.
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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
Open-source framework for conversational voice AI agents
TEN Framework doesn't lead on any scored dimension in this pair.
Where they differ
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 | — |
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 →