--- title: "gate22 vs audited-change-gate" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/aipotheosis-labs-gate22-vs-christoansek-audited-change-gate" tools: ["aipotheosis-labs-gate22", "christoansek-audited-change-gate"] --- # gate22 vs audited-change-gate *GraphCanon updated Jul 15, 2026* ## Verdict Pick gate22 if gate22 is an open-source MCP gateway and control plane for governing AI agents' tool usage and actions with comprehensive auditability; pick audited-change-gate if audited-change-gate automates proof-carrying change management for AIOps, ensuring autonomous agents can safely apply infrastructure changes with rollback guarantees. [gate22](https://gateway.aci.dev) reports 177 GitHub stars, 22 forks, and 23 open issues, last pushed Dec 12, 2025. [audited-change-gate](https://github.com/ChristoAnsek/audited-change-gate) has 151 stars, 0 forks, and 0 open issues, last pushed Jul 15, 2026. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [gate22's repository](https://github.com/aipotheosis-labs/gate22) and [audited-change-gate's repository](https://github.com/ChristoAnsek/audited-change-gate). | | [gate22](/tools/aipotheosis-labs-gate22.md) | [audited-change-gate](/tools/christoansek-audited-change-gate.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | MCP gateway and control plane for agent governance | Automated Change Management for AIOps | | Stars | 177 | 151 | | Forks | 22 | 0 | | Open issues | 23 | 0 | | Language | TypeScript | HTML | | Adopt for | Gate22 is an open-source MCP gateway and control plane for governing AI agents' tool usage and actions with comprehensive auditability. | audited-change-gate automates proof-carrying change management for AIOps, ensuring autonomous agents can safely apply infrastructure changes with rollback guarantees. | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | Apache-2.0 | - | | Categories | AI Agents, Evaluation & Observability | AI Agents, Evaluation & Observability | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [gate22](/tools/aipotheosis-labs-gate22.md) | [audited-change-gate](/tools/christoansek-audited-change-gate.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Slowing (36%) | Very active (96%) | | Days since push | 215d | 0d | | Open issues (now) | 23 | 0 | | Owner type | Organization | User | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/aipotheosis-labs-gate22/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/christoansek-audited-change-gate/trust.md) | ## Decision facts: gate22 - **Adopt for:** Gate22 is an open-source MCP gateway and control plane for governing AI agents' tool usage and actions with comprehensive auditability. ## Decision facts: audited-change-gate - **Adopt for:** audited-change-gate automates proof-carrying change management for AIOps, ensuring autonomous agents can safely apply infrastructure changes with rollback guarantees. ## Choose when ### Choose gate22 if… - gate22 is primarily TypeScript; audited-change-gate is HTML. - Tags unique to gate22: agents, control-plane, gateway, guardrails. - When you need to standardize governance over the tools and actions across various AI environments such as agentic IDEs. ### Choose audited-change-gate if… - audited-change-gate is primarily HTML; gate22 is TypeScript. - Tags unique to audited-change-gate: agentic-ai, ai-safety, change-management, verification. - - You require automated validation and execution of infrastructure changes by authorized AI agents ## When NOT to use gate22 - For scenarios where a closed-source solution is preferred due to specific confidentiality or proprietary concerns. - If the organization's tech stack does not align well with TypeScript, which Gate22 employs for its development. ## When NOT to use audited-change-gate - - If your infrastructure changes need real-time human approval beyond automated checks - - For environments where change immutability is preferred over mutable and reversible states ## Common questions ### What is the difference between gate22 and audited-change-gate? gate22: MCP gateway and control plane for agent governance. audited-change-gate: Automated Change Management for AIOps. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose gate22 over audited-change-gate? Choose gate22 over audited-change-gate when gate22 is primarily TypeScript; audited-change-gate is HTML; Tags unique to gate22: agents, control-plane, gateway, guardrails; When you need to standardize governance over the tools and actions across various AI environments such as agentic IDEs. ### When should I choose audited-change-gate over gate22? Choose audited-change-gate over gate22 when audited-change-gate is primarily HTML; gate22 is TypeScript; Tags unique to audited-change-gate: agentic-ai, ai-safety, change-management, verification; - You require automated validation and execution of infrastructure changes by authorized AI agents. ### When should I avoid gate22? For scenarios where a closed-source solution is preferred due to specific confidentiality or proprietary concerns. If the organization's tech stack does not align well with TypeScript, which Gate22 employs for its development. ### When should I avoid audited-change-gate? - If your infrastructure changes need real-time human approval beyond automated checks - For environments where change immutability is preferred over mutable and reversible states ### Is gate22 or audited-change-gate more popular on GitHub? gate22 has more GitHub stars (177 vs 151). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are gate22 and audited-change-gate open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub. ### Where can I find alternatives to gate22 or audited-change-gate? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [gate22 alternatives](/tools/aipotheosis-labs-gate22/alternatives) and [audited-change-gate alternatives](/tools/christoansek-audited-change-gate/alternatives) ([gate22 markdown twin](/tools/aipotheosis-labs-gate22/alternatives.md), [audited-change-gate markdown twin](/tools/christoansek-audited-change-gate/alternatives.md)), ranked by typed relationship edges rather than popularity votes. ### Is there a machine-readable version of this comparison? Yes. The markdown twin at [this comparison](/compare/aipotheosis-labs-gate22-vs-christoansek-audited-change-gate.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, gate22 or audited-change-gate? gate22: Slowing. audited-change-gate: Very active. Compare maintenance labels, days since push, and release cadence in the trust section below - stars alone do not measure maintenance. ### Where are the full trust reports for gate22 and audited-change-gate? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [gate22 trust report](/tools/aipotheosis-labs-gate22/trust); [audited-change-gate trust report](/tools/christoansek-audited-change-gate/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=aipotheosis-labs-gate22`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=aipotheosis-labs-gate22) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_