--- title: "openfirma vs awesome-ai-agents-security" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/firma-ai-openfirma-vs-projectrecon-awesome-ai-agents-security" tools: ["firma-ai-openfirma", "projectrecon-awesome-ai-agents-security"] --- # openfirma vs awesome-ai-agents-security *GraphCanon updated Sep 20, 2026* ## Verdict 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; pick awesome-ai-agents-security if awesome-ai-agents-security is a curated list of open-source tools for securing autonomous AI agents, covering the security lifecycle from red teaming to runtime protection. [openfirma](https://firma-ai.github.io/openfirma/) reports 135 GitHub stars, 9 forks, and 8 open issues, last pushed Sep 11, 2026. [awesome-ai-agents-security](https://github.com/ProjectRecon/awesome-ai-agents-security) has 71 stars, 95 forks, and 85 open issues, last pushed Jun 12, 2026. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [openfirma's repository](https://github.com/Firma-AI/openfirma) and [awesome-ai-agents-security's repository](https://github.com/ProjectRecon/awesome-ai-agents-security). | | [openfirma](/tools/firma-ai-openfirma.md) | [awesome-ai-agents-security](/tools/projectrecon-awesome-ai-agents-security.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Runtime enforcement boundary for AI agents with local sidecar | A curated list of open-source tools and resources for securing autonomous AI agents. | | Stars | 135 | 71 | | Forks | 9 | 95 | | Open issues | 8 | 85 | | Language | Rust | - | | 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. | awesome-ai-agents-security is a curated list of open-source tools for securing autonomous AI agents, covering the security lifecycle from red teaming to runtime protection. | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | GPL-3.0 | Other | | Categories | AI Agents, Evaluation & Observability | AI Agents, Evaluation & Observability | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [openfirma](/tools/firma-ai-openfirma.md) | [awesome-ai-agents-security](/tools/projectrecon-awesome-ai-agents-security.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Very active (96%) | Slowing (36%) | | Days since push | 0d | 92d | | Open issues (now) | 8 | 85 | | Stars delta | +29 (30d) | +12 (30d) | | Open issues delta | -9 (30d) | +24 (30d) | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/firma-ai-openfirma/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/projectrecon-awesome-ai-agents-security/trust.md) | ## 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. ## Decision facts: awesome-ai-agents-security - **Adopt for:** awesome-ai-agents-security is a curated list of open-source tools for securing autonomous AI agents, covering the security lifecycle from red teaming to runtime protection. ## Choose when ### Choose openfirma if… - License: openfirma is GPL-3.0, awesome-ai-agents-security is Other. - Tags unique to openfirma: access-control, agentic-ai, authorization, cedar-policy. - When you need deterministic and call-level runtime enforcement that specifically leverages Cedar policies tailored for your needs. ### Choose awesome-ai-agents-security if… - License: awesome-ai-agents-security is Other, openfirma is GPL-3.0. - Tags unique to awesome-ai-agents-security: ai-security, autonomous-agents, awesome-list, cybersecurity. - When needing a comprehensive overview of open-source tools for securing autonomous AI agents across different phases such as red teaming and runtime protection ## 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. ## When NOT to use awesome-ai-agents-security - When you require real-time threat intelligence feeds, which are not provided by this repository's static resource lists - For organizations focusing on proprietary tools and resources that prefer not to use open-source solutions for their AI agents' security lifecycle management ## Common questions ### What is the difference between openfirma and awesome-ai-agents-security? openfirma: Runtime enforcement boundary for AI agents with local sidecar. awesome-ai-agents-security: A curated list of open-source tools and resources for securing autonomous AI agents.. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose openfirma over awesome-ai-agents-security? Choose openfirma over awesome-ai-agents-security when License: openfirma is GPL-3.0, awesome-ai-agents-security is Other; Tags unique to openfirma: access-control, agentic-ai, authorization, cedar-policy; When you need deterministic and call-level runtime enforcement that specifically leverages Cedar policies tailored for your needs. ### When should I choose awesome-ai-agents-security over openfirma? Choose awesome-ai-agents-security over openfirma when License: awesome-ai-agents-security is Other, openfirma is GPL-3.0; Tags unique to awesome-ai-agents-security: ai-security, autonomous-agents, awesome-list, cybersecurity; When needing a comprehensive overview of open-source tools for securing autonomous AI agents across different phases such as red teaming and runtime protection. ### 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. ### When should I avoid awesome-ai-agents-security? When you require real-time threat intelligence feeds, which are not provided by this repository's static resource lists For organizations focusing on proprietary tools and resources that prefer not to use open-source solutions for their AI agents' security lifecycle management ### Is openfirma or awesome-ai-agents-security more popular on GitHub? openfirma has more GitHub stars (135 vs 71). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are openfirma and awesome-ai-agents-security open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (openfirma: GPL-3.0, awesome-ai-agents-security: Other). ### Where can I find alternatives to openfirma or awesome-ai-agents-security? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [openfirma alternatives](/tools/firma-ai-openfirma/alternatives) and [awesome-ai-agents-security alternatives](/tools/projectrecon-awesome-ai-agents-security/alternatives) ([openfirma markdown twin](/tools/firma-ai-openfirma/alternatives.md), [awesome-ai-agents-security markdown twin](/tools/projectrecon-awesome-ai-agents-security/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/firma-ai-openfirma-vs-projectrecon-awesome-ai-agents-security.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, openfirma or awesome-ai-agents-security? openfirma: Very active. awesome-ai-agents-security: Slowing. 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 openfirma and awesome-ai-agents-security? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [openfirma trust report](/tools/firma-ai-openfirma/trust); [awesome-ai-agents-security trust report](/tools/projectrecon-awesome-ai-agents-security/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=firma-ai-openfirma`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=firma-ai-openfirma) - 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/_