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Mistral Vibe vs Qwen Code

Both are Grade A and 3.0 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. Qwen Code leads on maintenance and adoption, and rests on broader evidence.

A Mistral Vibe 85.6

Minimal CLI coding agent by Mistral

mistralai/mistral-vibe · #90 overall · #6 Coding Agents · coverage B (3/5)

Mistral Vibe doesn't lead on any scored dimension in this pair.

A Qwen Code 88.6

An open-source AI coding agent that lives in your terminal.

QwenLM/qwen-code · #53 overall · #4 Coding Agents · coverage A (4/5)

Choose Qwen Code if maintenance and adoption matter most.

+3.9Maintenance: last push today, against 1d ago
+1.3Adoption: 28.9k GitHub stars against 5.3k
+0.7Safety / Integrity: 100% of recent commits signed, against 80%
A vs BEvidence coverage: 4 of 5 independent signal types, against 3

Where they differ

18.5

Safety / IntegrityQwen Code +0.7

19.2

13.3

TransparencyMistral Vibe +0.2

13.1

16.1

MaintenanceQwen Code +3.9

20.0

16.3

AdoptionQwen Code +1.3

17.6

+3.4

Runtime calibrationMistral Vibe +2.7

+0.7

1 dimension identical: Identity 18.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Mistral Vibe and Qwen Code, two Coding Agents projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	Mistral Vibemistralai/mistral-vibe	Qwen CodeQwenLM/qwen-code
HVTrust score	85.6	88.6
Evidence grade	A	A
Coverage grade	B	A
Overall rank	#90	#53
Rank in Coding Agents	#6	#4
GitHub stars	5.3k	28.9k
Last updated	1d ago	today
Build provenance	Yes	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	5.6 / 10	5.4 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Downloads	319k/wk	145k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	18.5	19.2
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	18.0
Transparency / 17	13.3	13.1
Maintenance / 20	16.1	20.0
Adoption / 20	16.3	17.6
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Implemented	Implemented
External providers	1 — Mistral AI	3 — Anthropic, Google Gemini, OpenAI
Requires API keys	Yes	Yes
Plugin surface	plugins	extensions
Provenance drift	Match	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 →