--- title: "audited-change-gate vs openfirma" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/christoansek-audited-change-gate-vs-firma-ai-openfirma" tools: ["christoansek-audited-change-gate", "firma-ai-openfirma"] --- # audited-change-gate vs openfirma *GraphCanon updated Sep 20, 2026* ## Verdict 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; pick openfirma if openfirma is a policy-enforcing sidecar for AI agents that uses Cedar policies to gate outbound calls, built in Rust under the GPL-3.0 license. [audited-change-gate](https://github.com/ChristoAnsek/audited-change-gate) reports 116 GitHub stars, 0 forks, and 0 open issues, last pushed Sep 12, 2026. [openfirma](https://firma-ai.github.io/openfirma/) has 135 stars, 9 forks, and 8 open issues, last pushed Sep 11, 2026. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [audited-change-gate's repository](https://github.com/ChristoAnsek/audited-change-gate) and [openfirma's repository](https://github.com/Firma-AI/openfirma). | | [audited-change-gate](/tools/christoansek-audited-change-gate.md) | [openfirma](/tools/firma-ai-openfirma.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Automated Change Management for AIOps | Runtime enforcement boundary for AI agents with local sidecar | | Stars | 116 | 135 | | Forks | 0 | 9 | | Open issues | 0 | 8 | | Language | HTML | Rust | | Adopt for | audited-change-gate automates proof-carrying change management for AIOps, ensuring autonomous agents can safely apply infrastructure changes with rollback guarantees. | Openfirma is a policy-enforcing sidecar for AI agents that uses Cedar policies to gate outbound calls, built in Rust under the GPL-3.0 license. | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | - | GPL-3.0 | | Categories | AI Agents, Evaluation & Observability | AI Agents, Evaluation & Observability | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [audited-change-gate](/tools/christoansek-audited-change-gate.md) | [openfirma](/tools/firma-ai-openfirma.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Open issues (now) | 0 | 8 | | Stars delta | -35 (30d) | +29 (30d) | | Open issues delta | 0 (30d) | -9 (30d) | | Owner type | User | Organization | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/christoansek-audited-change-gate/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/firma-ai-openfirma/trust.md) | ## 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. ## Decision facts: openfirma - **Adopt for:** Openfirma is a policy-enforcing sidecar for AI agents that uses Cedar policies to gate outbound calls, built in Rust under the GPL-3.0 license. ## Choose when ### Choose audited-change-gate if… - audited-change-gate is primarily HTML; openfirma is Rust. - Tags unique to audited-change-gate: ai-safety, change-management, verification. - - You require automated validation and execution of infrastructure changes by authorized AI agents ### Choose openfirma if… - openfirma is primarily Rust; audited-change-gate is HTML. - Tags unique to openfirma: access-control, authorization, cedar-policy, guardrails. - When you need deterministic and call-level runtime enforcement that specifically leverages Cedar policies tailored for your needs. ## 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 ## When NOT to use openfirma - Avoid if you prefer a solution not tightly coupled to Cedar policies, as Openfirma exclusively supports this policy framework. - Do not use if licensing is critical and you need permissive licenses, since Openfirma uses the GPL-3.0 license. ## Common questions ### What is the difference between audited-change-gate and openfirma? audited-change-gate: Automated Change Management for AIOps. openfirma: Runtime enforcement boundary for AI agents with local sidecar. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose audited-change-gate over openfirma? Choose audited-change-gate over openfirma when audited-change-gate is primarily HTML; openfirma is Rust; Tags unique to audited-change-gate: ai-safety, change-management, verification; - You require automated validation and execution of infrastructure changes by authorized AI agents. ### When should I choose openfirma over audited-change-gate? Choose openfirma over audited-change-gate when openfirma is primarily Rust; audited-change-gate is HTML; Tags unique to openfirma: access-control, authorization, cedar-policy, guardrails; When you need deterministic and call-level runtime enforcement that specifically leverages Cedar policies tailored for your needs. ### 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 ### When should I avoid openfirma? Avoid if you prefer a solution not tightly coupled to Cedar policies, as Openfirma exclusively supports this policy framework. Do not use if licensing is critical and you need permissive licenses, since Openfirma uses the GPL-3.0 license. ### Is audited-change-gate or openfirma more popular on GitHub? openfirma has more GitHub stars (135 vs 116). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are audited-change-gate and openfirma open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub. ### Where can I find alternatives to audited-change-gate or openfirma? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [audited-change-gate alternatives](/tools/christoansek-audited-change-gate/alternatives) and [openfirma alternatives](/tools/firma-ai-openfirma/alternatives) ([audited-change-gate markdown twin](/tools/christoansek-audited-change-gate/alternatives.md), [openfirma markdown twin](/tools/firma-ai-openfirma/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/christoansek-audited-change-gate-vs-firma-ai-openfirma.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, audited-change-gate or openfirma? audited-change-gate: Very active. openfirma: 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 audited-change-gate and openfirma? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [audited-change-gate trust report](/tools/christoansek-audited-change-gate/trust); [openfirma trust report](/tools/firma-ai-openfirma/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=christoansek-audited-change-gate`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=christoansek-audited-change-gate) - 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/_