Decision Workspace
agent-vault vs safeguard vs wardn
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
40
agent-vault
experimentalv0.1.0
Zero-trust credential manager for AI agents
49
safeguard
growingv1.0.3
Secure file and credential management CLI with collections and tags
45
wardn
experimentalv0.4.1
Credential isolation proxy — agents never see real API keys
Core Metrics
| agent-vault | safeguard | wardn | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 40 | 49 | 45 |
| Total Downloads | 16 | 1.8K | 60 |
| 30d Downloads | 16 | 8 | 60 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 26d ago | 271d ago | 1d ago |
| Age | 26d | 9m | 2d |
Health Breakdown
agent-vault
Maintenance
11
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
1
Documentation
10
safeguard
Maintenance
15
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
wardn
Maintenance
19
Quality
8
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| agent-vault | safeguard | wardn | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 1.0.3 | 0.4.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 15 | 25 | 29 |
| Crate Size | 75KB | 117KB | 3.3MB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •safeguard leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •agent-vault, wardn are pre-1.0 — API may change.