LLM Gateway vs Ollama
Ollama leads on trust: 67.6/100 (Grade B) against 63.8/100 (Grade C), a 3.8-point gap. LLM Gateway leads on supply-chain integrity and transparency; Ollama leads on adoption and rests on broader evidence.
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Choose LLM Gateway if supply-chain integrity and transparency matter most.
- +1.8Safety / Integrity: 100% of recent commits signed, against 86%
- +0.8Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 6.3 against 5.4
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Choose Ollama if adoption matters most.
- +4.8Adoption: 185.7k GitHub stars against 1.7k
- B vs CEvidence coverage: 3 of 5 independent signal types, against 2
Where they differ
1 dimension identical: Identity 10.8 · Full evidence table
An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of LLM Gateway and Ollama, 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.
Full evidence
| Signal | LLM Gatewaytheopenco/llmgateway | Ollamaollama/ollama |
|---|---|---|
| HVTrust score | 63.8 | 67.6 |
| Evidence grade | C | B |
| Coverage grade | C | B |
| Overall rank | #562 | #434 |
| Rank in LLM Gateways & Infra | #7 | #5 |
| GitHub stars | 1.7k | 185.7k |
| Last updated | 1d ago | today |
| Build provenance | No | No |
| OSSF Scorecard | 6.3 / 10 | 5.4 / 10 |
| License | NOASSERTION | MIT |
| Downloads | — | — |
| Trust dimensions (points earned) | ||
| Safety / integrity / 25 | 12.9 | 11.1 |
| Identity & provenance / 18 | 10.8 | 10.8 |
| Transparency / 17 | 13.9 | 13.1 |
| Maintenance / 20 | 19.9 | 20.0 |
| Adoption / 20 | 7.8 | 12.6 |
| Runtime capability surface (full matrix) | ||
| MCP server | Declared | — |
| External providers | 2 — OpenAI, Postgres | — |
| Requires API keys | Yes | No |
| Plugin surface | — | — |
| Provenance drift | — | — |
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 →