OpenAI Agents SDK vs Strands Agents
Both are Grade A and 0.8 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. OpenAI Agents SDK leads on supply-chain integrity and transparency, and rests on broader evidence.
A lightweight, powerful framework for multi-agent workflows
Choose OpenAI Agents SDK if supply-chain integrity and transparency matter most.
- +3.0Safety / Integrity: OSSF Scorecard 7.9 against 5.5
- +2.0Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 7.9 against 5.5
- +0.6Adoption: 30.1k GitHub stars against 8.8k
- A vs BEvidence coverage: 4 of 5 independent signal types, against 3
Build an agent harness and control it end-to-end. Open-source SDK for production AI agents in Python & TypeScript - any model, any cloud.
Strands Agents doesn't lead on any scored dimension in this pair.
Where they differ
2 dimensions identical: Identity 18.0 · Maintenance 19.9 · Full evidence table
An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of OpenAI Agents SDK and Strands Agents, two Agent Frameworks projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.
Full evidence
| Signal | OpenAI Agents SDKopenai/openai-agents-python | Strands Agentsstrands-agents/harness-sdk |
|---|---|---|
| HVTrust score | 91.5 | 90.7 |
| Evidence grade | A | A |
| Coverage grade | A | B |
| Overall rank | #13 | #18 |
| Rank in Agent Frameworks | #5 | #6 |
| GitHub stars | 30.1k | 8.8k |
| Last updated | 1d ago | 1d ago |
| Build provenance | Yes | Yes |
| OSSF Scorecard | 7.9 / 10 | 5.5 / 10 |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Downloads | 3.2M/wk | 9.4M/wk |
| Trust dimensions (points earned) | ||
| Safety / integrity / 25 | 22.4 | 19.4 |
| Identity & provenance / 18 | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Transparency / 17 | 15.2 | 13.2 |
| Maintenance / 20 | 19.9 | 19.9 |
| Adoption / 20 | 19.4 | 18.8 |
| Runtime capability surface (full matrix) | ||
| MCP server | Declared | Implemented |
| External providers | 6 — Amazon Bedrock, E2B, Multi-provider (LiteLLM), … | 4 — Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, Google Gemini, … |
| Requires API keys | Yes | No |
| Plugin surface | extensions | plugins |
| Provenance drift | Match | 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 →