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PentestAgent vs SkillSpector

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

SkillSpector leads on trust — 64.9/100 (Grade C) vs 57.2/100 (Grade C), a 7.7-point gap. Full breakdown below.
Signal PentestAgentGH05TCREW/pentestagent SkillSpectorNVIDIA/SkillSpector
HVTrust score 57.2 64.9
Evidence grade C C
Coverage grade C C
Overall rank #255 #157
Rank in Security & Guardrails #8 #3
GitHub stars 2.9k 14.2k
Last updated today today
Build provenance No No
OSSF Scorecard 6.1 / 10 7.1 / 10
License MIT Apache-2.0
Downloads
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25 9.7 10.8
Identity & provenance / 18 10.8 10.8
Transparency / 17 13.7 14.5
Maintenance / 20 16.2 19.4
Adoption / 20 8.3 10.0
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server Implemented Implemented
External providers 3 — Anthropic, OpenAI, Tavily 3 — Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, OpenAI
Requires API keys Yes Yes
Plugin surface plugins extensions
Provenance drift
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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 v4.2 →