Registry › Compare › PentAGI vs PentestAgent

PentAGI vs PentestAgent

Both are Grade C and 0.4 points apart, so choose on what you weigh most. PentAGI leads on supply-chain integrity and adoption; PentestAgent leads on transparency.

C PentAGI 55.9

Fully autonomous AI Agents system capable of performing complex penetration testing tasks

vxcontrol/pentagi · #824 overall · #14 Security & Guardrails · coverage C (2/5)

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

+2.5Adoption: 33.4k GitHub stars against 3.2k
+1.7Safety / Integrity: 99% of recent commits signed, against 47%

C PentestAgent 55.5

PentestAgent is an AI agent framework for black-box security testing, supporting bug bounty, red-team, and penetration testing workflows.

GH05TCREW/pentestagent · #834 overall · #15 Security & Guardrails · coverage C (2/5)

Choose PentestAgent if transparency matters most.

+0.6Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 6.2 against 5.5

Where they differ

11.8

Safety / IntegrityPentAGI +1.7

10.1

13.2

TransparencyPentestAgent +0.6

13.8

13.5

MaintenancePentAGI +0.3

13.2

10.9

AdoptionPentAGI +2.5

8.4

-4.3

Runtime calibrationPentestAgent +3.5

-0.8

1 dimension identical: Identity 10.8 · Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of PentAGI and PentestAgent, 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	PentAGIvxcontrol/pentagi	PentestAgentGH05TCREW/pentestagent
HVTrust score	55.9	55.5
Evidence grade	C	C
Coverage grade	C	C
Overall rank	#824	#834
Rank in Security & Guardrails	#14	#15
GitHub stars	33.4k	3.2k
Last updated	14d ago	3d ago
Build provenance	No	No
OSSF Scorecard	5.5 / 10	6.2 / 10
License	MIT	MIT
Downloads	—	—
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	11.8	10.1
Identity & provenance / 18	10.8	10.8
Transparency / 17	13.2	13.8
Maintenance / 20	13.5	13.2
Adoption / 20	10.9	8.4
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	—	Implemented
External providers	9 — Anthropic, DeepSeek, Firecrawl, …	4 — Anthropic, Multi-provider (LiteLLM), OpenAI, …
Requires API keys	Yes	Yes
Plugin surface	plugins	—
Provenance drift	—	—

Open in the live compare tool → PentAGI profile PentestAgent profile More Security & Guardrails →

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 →