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NeMo Guardrails vs Snyk Agent Scan

NeMo Guardrails leads on trust: 73.5/100 (Grade B) against 63.4/100 (Grade C), a 10.1-point gap. NeMo Guardrails leads on supply-chain integrity and adoption, and rests on broader evidence.

B NeMo Guardrails 73.5

NeMo Guardrails is an open-source toolkit for easily adding programmable guardrails to LLM-based conversational systems.

NVIDIA-NeMo/Guardrails · #287 overall · #6 Security & Guardrails · coverage A (4/5)

Choose NeMo Guardrails if supply-chain integrity and adoption matter most.

+7.6Adoption: 7.4k GitHub stars against 3.2k
+1.8Safety / Integrity: OSSF Scorecard 7.1 against 5.7
+1.3Maintenance
+1.2Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 7.1 against 5.7

C Snyk Agent Scan 63.4

Security scanner for AI agents, MCP servers and agent skills.

snyk/agent-scan · #574 overall · #8 Security & Guardrails · coverage C (2/5)

Snyk Agent Scan doesn't lead on any scored dimension in this pair.

Where they differ

13.9

Safety / IntegrityNeMo Guardrails +1.8

12.1

14.5

TransparencyNeMo Guardrails +1.2

13.3

19.1

MaintenanceNeMo Guardrails +1.3

17.8

16.0

AdoptionNeMo Guardrails +7.6

8.4

-0.8

Runtime calibrationSnyk Agent Scan +1.8

+1.0

1 dimension identical: Identity 10.8 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of NeMo Guardrails and Snyk Agent Scan, two Security & Guardrails projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	NeMo GuardrailsNVIDIA-NeMo/Guardrails	Snyk Agent Scansnyk/agent-scan
HVTrust score	73.5	63.4
Evidence grade	B	C
Coverage grade	A	C
Overall rank	#287	#574
Rank in Security & Guardrails	#6	#8
GitHub stars	7.4k	3.2k
Last updated	1d ago	1d ago
Build provenance	No	No
OSSF Scorecard	7.1 / 10	5.7 / 10
License	NOASSERTION	Apache-2.0
Downloads	109k/wk	—
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	13.9	12.1
Identity & provenance / 18	10.8	10.8
Transparency / 17	14.5	13.3
Maintenance / 20	19.1	17.8
Adoption / 20	16.0	8.4
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	—	Implemented
External providers	2 — Anthropic, OpenAI	1 — Anthropic
Requires API keys	No	Yes
Plugin surface	plugins	—
Provenance drift	Unknown	—

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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 →