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Multica vs Swarms

Swarms leads on trust: 72.9/100 (Grade B) against 65.9/100 (Grade B), a 7.0-point gap. Swarms leads on supply-chain integrity and adoption, and rests on broader evidence.

B Multica 65.9

Make humans and AI agents work as one team — open-source and self-hostable.

multica-ai/multica · #494 overall · #6 Multi-Agent Systems · coverage C (2/5)

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

B Swarms 72.9

The Enterprise-Grade Multi-Agent Orchestration Framework. Website: https://swarms.ai

kyegomez/swarms · #309 overall · #4 Multi-Agent Systems · coverage B (3/5)

Choose Swarms if supply-chain integrity and adoption matter most.

+2.3Adoption
+1.2Safety / Integrity: OSSF Scorecard 5.9 against 5.0
+0.7Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 5.9 against 5.0
B vs CEvidence coverage: 3 of 5 independent signal types, against 2

Where they differ

11.2

Safety / IntegritySwarms +1.2

12.4

12.8

TransparencySwarms +0.7

13.5

11.4

AdoptionSwarms +2.3

13.7

-0.3

Runtime calibrationSwarms +2.8

+2.5

2 dimensions identical: Identity 10.8 · Maintenance 20.0 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Multica and Swarms, two Multi-Agent Systems projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	Multicamultica-ai/multica	Swarmskyegomez/swarms
HVTrust score	65.9	72.9
Evidence grade	B	B
Coverage grade	C	B
Overall rank	#494	#309
Rank in Multi-Agent Systems	#6	#4
GitHub stars	55.5k	7.4k
Last updated	today	today
Build provenance	No	No
OSSF Scorecard	5.0 / 10	5.9 / 10
License	NOASSERTION	Apache-2.0
Downloads	—	2k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	11.2	12.4
Identity & provenance / 18	10.8	10.8
Transparency / 17	12.8	13.5
Maintenance / 20	20.0	20.0
Adoption / 20	11.4	13.7
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Declared	Implemented
External providers	—	4 — Anthropic, Groq, Multi-provider (LiteLLM), …
Requires API keys	No	Yes
Plugin surface	plugins	marketplace
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 →