Is LightRAG safe to use?

LightRAG has an HVTrust score of 84.1/100 (Grade A), ranked #50 of 1308 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for LightRAG?

LightRAG scores 84.1/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 39.1k GitHub stars and is categorized under Memory & Knowledge.

LightRAG

HKUDS/LightRAG

[EMNLP2025] "LightRAG: Simple and Fast Retrieval-Augmented Generation"

Memory & Knowledge Python Grade A Listed MIT

84.1/100

Rank #50 of 1308

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade A · 4/5 signals

Last push

2026-08-24 · 0d ago

Recent change

No recent signal change

Is LightRAG safe? LightRAG scores 84.1/100 (Grade A), ranked #50 of 1308 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage A (4 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: its packages ship with cryptographic provenance; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 5.7/10; 32% of recent commits are signed; last pushed 2026-08-24. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

Ranked neighbours in Memory & Knowledge

#3 Mem0 — 86.1 (A) → #4 Graphiti — 85.8 (A) → #6 Hindsight — 83.4 (A) → #7 ReMe — 76.3 (B) →

Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It

Increase the share of verified signed commits for clearer maintainer identity.

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 5.7/10. Tighten the weakest checks to improve public safety evidence.

Increase signed commits Raise the share of verified-signed commits to make maintainer identity and release history easier to trust.

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95.0

Activity sub-score · out of 100

In Memory & Knowledge

How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption. Grade A reflects the trust score band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Evidence coverage A is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (4 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →

Rank Trend

2026-08-11 2026-08-24

Activity & Reach

Stars

39.1k

Forks

5.5k

Last Push

2026-08-24

today

Commits (4 wk)

776

Downloads (7d)

63,446

pypi

HN mentions (30d)

Open Issues

192

Rank Change

was #50

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Memory & Knowledge

84.1 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

LightRAG Memory & Knowledge average (44 agents)

Safety / Integrity50% OSSF Scorecard · 30% provenance · 20% signed commits

16.2 / 25

6.2 above avg 10.0

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

18.0 / 18

5.9 above avg 12.1

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

13.3 / 17

0.9 above avg 12.4

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

20.0 / 20

2.5 above avg 17.5

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

17.4 / 20

3.8 above avg 13.6

Activity Inputs

95.0 / 100

StarsRepository reach

27.6 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

25.0 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

25 / 25

CommunityFork signal

17.4 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

Verified

pypi attestation

OSSF Scorecard

5.7 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Aug 24, 2026

Signed Commits

32%

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 3

CI-Tests 10

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 5

Contributors 10

Dangerous-Workflow 10

Dependency-Update-Tool 10

Fuzzing 0

License 10

Maintained 10

Packaging 10

Pinned-Dependencies 0

SAST 0

Security-Policy 10

Signed-Releases -1

Token-Permissions 0

Vulnerabilities 0

Is LightRAG safe?

Public supply-chain signals for LightRAG are strong: it has multiple independent trust indicators in place. This does not replace your own security review, but LightRAG carries less obvious unverified-evidence risk than projects with thin signals.

Does LightRAG publish package provenance?

Yes. LightRAG's package releases carry build provenance attestations, which cryptographically link the published package back to its source repository and CI workflow.

Does LightRAG have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

LightRAG has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 5.7/10. The Scorecard checks for branch protection, signed releases, dependency updates, fuzzing, code review, and other supply-chain hygiene items. See the full check breakdown on this page.

Is LightRAG actively maintained?

Actively maintained. The repository was pushed to within the last 1 day(s).

What license does LightRAG use?

LightRAG ships under MIT. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.

Are LightRAG's commits signed?

32% of the last 100 commits to LightRAG are verified-signed (GPG, SSH, S/MIME, or GitHub's signing flow). Signed commits help confirm that code was authored by who the commit claims.

Not a safety endorsement. HVTracker describes what public signals show, not whether a project is safe for your use case. Run your own security review before adopting in production.

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AI agent surface

MCP, providers, tool surface

Scored in HVTrust

These runtime-trust fields — detected from public repo docs and manifests — contribute a bounded adjustment to this project's HVTrust score alongside supply-chain evidence. The exact values each field can add or subtract are documented in the methodology → Compare this surface across every listed agent in the capability matrix →

MCP Server Support

None detected

No MCP server signal detected.

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

External Service Dependencies

high confidence

6 detected

Public provider/service dependencies detected.

Credential signal: API keys or service config markers documented.

Tool / Plugin Surface

high confidence

1 tags

Broad capability areas detected.

database

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

Package Provenance Drift

high confidence

Match

Published package metadata matches the tracked repo

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

MCP signal live
External deps live
Tool / plugin surface live
Package provenance drift live

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For maintainers

HVTrust scores LightRAG from public signals only — we never contact maintainers first. If a signal is wrong, stale, or missing (provenance you publish, a Scorecard you run, signed releases), tell us and we'll review it. Corrections are public and tracked on GitHub.

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Reputation Timeline

Signal history

2026-06-05

Scorecard Added

OSSF Scorecard: 5.4/10

2026-06-02

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #51

GitHub → PyPI: lightrag-hku

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