Archon Competitive Analysis – 2026-08-23 Refresh

Refresh timestamp: 2026-08-23 09:05 EDT
Scope: Full GitHub API metadata sweep of all tracked repos (authenticated gh api as morningstar-daemon), plus a discovery sweep for new entrants since 2026-08-16 (GitHub search: “agent identity DID”, “agent authorization”, “ERC-8004 agent”, “agent passport”, “agent trust verifiable”), plus live re-checks of MolTrust and Soulverse, plus IETF Datatracker checks. No new profiles added; one signal-only discovery (LNSAT).

What changed

  • Full metadata refresh across all tracked repos. Headline deltas: Bindu 8525→8685★, ANP 1390→1402★, AgentConnect 340→342★ (pushed 2026-08-22), Agent-Safe Pipeline 469→533★, AgenticMail 194→204★, APS 40→41★, didit skills 24→26★, Kestrel 7→8★, ANS registry 28→29★. Chancery flat at 25★ with no push since 2026-07-21 (third consecutive stalled cycle); decern flat at 12★ (third week).
  • HelixID’s repo moved from dgverse-labs/helixid to a dedicated helixid org — the API follows the redirect to helixid/helixid (3★, pushed 2026-08-23). Profile and table updated.
  • MolTrust re-checked live: API still v2.5/healthy; did:web:api.moltrust.ch still resolves with Ed25519 keys; homepage title/meta unchanged (“The Trust Layer for the Agent Economy”). /pricing now returns 403 Forbidden (nginx) to curl — UA blocking unconfirmed; pricing/Lightning status unverified this run. Public repo MoltyCel/moltrust-api 3★, pushed 2026-08-20.
  • Soulverse re-checked: homepage title unchanged (Soulverse | The Operating System of Trust); @soulverse/soul-id-sdk, @soulverse/trust-protocol-sdk, @soulverse/soul-ai-agent-sdk still 404 on npm (fifth consecutive weekly check).
  • IETF Datatracker unchanged: draft-kroehl-agentic-trust-aae-01, draft-narajala-ans-00, draft-pidlisnyi-aps-03.
  • Discovery sweep: the only notable new entrant is LNSAT (hypler-dev/LNSAT, 1★, created 2026-08-20, pre-release, Apache-2.0): an open-source execution-authorization and evidence layer — “intent → policy → approval → authorization → execution → receipt → audit → reconciliation” — structurally similar to Agent-Safe Pipeline (agents propose, an external authority decides, telemetry never grants authority). Below the profile bar; logged as signal. The rest of the tail is the usual noise: BNB/ERC-8004 marketplace residue (agentcensus, AgentEra, bnb-era-marketplace), small agent-authorization clones (legatio-ai, authentify-consent-widget, 3ar, goldkey-style gates), an ERC-8004 liveness MCP probe, and an ERC-8126 security-scan MCP — none met the bar.
  • Updated the main report (metadata, tracked-projects table, profiles incl. HelixID org move, discovery log) and the executive summary (bottom line, signals, snapshot table). The competitive matrix retains its 2026-07-15 snapshot date.

Evidence observed

GitHub REST API repo metadata, all fetched 2026-08-23 (authenticated gh api):

Repo Stars (prev → now) Last pushed
GetBindu/Bindu 8525 → 8685 2026-08-21
GetBindu/create-bindu-agent 31 → 32 2026-03-13
urbit/urbit 3621 → 3621 2026-08-21
urbit/vere 81 → 81 2026-08-20
agent-network-protocol/AgentNetworkProtocol 1390 → 1402 2026-08-18
agent-network-protocol/anp (AgentConnect) 340 → 342 2026-08-22
decionis/agent-safe-pipeline 469 → 533 (58 forks) 2026-08-20
agenticmail/agenticmail 194 → 204 2026-08-13
aeoess/agent-passport-system 40 → 41 2026-08-21
aeoess/agent-passport-python / -go / -mcp / -rust 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 2026-08-21 / 08-19 / 08-21 / 08-15
aeoess/aps-web still 404 —
Agent-Authority-Conformance/aps-conformance-suite 1 → 1 2026-08-22
Agent-Authority-Conformance/governance 0 2026-08-19
anivar/decern 12 → 12 2026-08-18
mishrasanjeev/grantex 31 → 31 2026-08-21
VibeTensor/attestix 17 → 17 2026-08-20
kevinkaylie/AgentNexus 9 → 9 2026-07-29
KestrelSovereignAI/kestrel-sovereign 7 → 8 2026-08-23
airlock-protocol/airlock 2 → 2 2026-08-20
chanceryhq/chancery 25 → 25 2026-07-21
AgentValet/AgentValet 1 → 1 2026-08-12
agentnameservice/ans 35 → 35 2026-08-21
agentnameservice/ans-registry 28 → 29 2026-08-20
agentnameservice/ans-sdk-go / -rust / -java 5 / 6 / 3 2026-08-21 / 08-20 / 08-20
agentnameservice/agent-trust-discovery 2 → 2 2026-08-13
hashgraph/did-method 28 → 28 2025-01-14
hashgraph/did-sdk-java 36 → 36 2024-06-01
hashgraph/hedera-agent-kit-js 66 → 66 2026-08-20
didit-protocol/skills 24 → 26 2026-08-10
The-Nexus-Guard/aip 15 → 15 2026-03-22
vrknetha/clawdentity 9 → 9 2026-04-22
motebit/motebit 5 → 5 2026-08-22
credat/credat 2 → 2 2026-05-22
dgverse-labs/helixid → helixid/helixid 3 → 3 (repo moved) 2026-08-23
techblaze-au/idprova 1 → 1 2026-07-24
a2al/A2AL 1 → 1 2026-08-23
LyonMask/chorus 1 → 1 2026-06-28
payelink/payelink-agent-identity-sdk 2 → 2 2026-02-09
dantber/agent-did 0 → 0 2026-02-06
yksanjo/agent-identity-hub still 404 —
archetech/archon 5 → 5 2026-08-23
digitalbazaar/agent-credential-server 0 → 0 2026-06-08
MoltyCel/moltrust-api 3 → 3 2026-08-20
hypler-dev/LNSAT (discovery) NEW: 1 2026-08-22 (created 2026-08-20)

Live/README/protocol facts read directly on 2026-08-23:

  • MolTrust live API: GET https://api.moltrust.ch/health → {"status":"ok","version":"2.5","database":"connected","timestamp":"2026-08-23 13:02:58.433879"}; /.well-known/did.json still serves the did:web:api.moltrust.ch Ed25519 document; homepage title “The Trust Layer for the Agent Economy — MolTrust”, meta description unchanged; GET https://moltrust.ch/pricing → 403 Forbidden (nginx/1.24.0, 162 bytes) — pricing and Lightning status unverified this run.
  • Soulverse: homepage title unchanged; npm registry checks for @soulverse/soul-id-sdk, @soulverse/trust-protocol-sdk, @soulverse/soul-ai-agent-sdk all return 404.
  • IETF Datatracker: draft-kroehl-agentic-trust-aae-01, draft-narajala-ans-00, draft-pidlisnyi-aps-03 — no revision movement since 2026-08-16.
  • LNSAT README (hypler-dev/LNSAT): “Execution authorization and evidence for consequential agent actions.” Authority model binds “an agent’s exact intended action to policy, approval, one-time authorization, execution, receipt, and reconciliation—independently of the model, protocol, or runtime.” Explicitly: “Telemetry supports review and evidence; it never grants authority.” Status badge: pre-release; CI source-verification badge; Apache-2.0.

Interpretation

  • Bindu’s lead keeps compounding (+160 this week, 8685★). Weekly velocity is down from +245/+242 in the prior two cycles but still an order of magnitude above everything else tracked; the bridge/collaboration stance is unchanged.
  • Agent-Safe Pipeline sustained post-launch traction (469→533★, 58 forks) — slower than launch week but still growing, which separates it from the decern/Chancery pattern (spike then stall). The service-boundary reference-architecture framing is where developer attention is consolidating; kernels (decern, flat 12★ third week) and IdPs (Chancery, flat 25★ third stalled cycle, no push since 2026-07-21) are not.
  • APS is executing with unusual consistency for a 41★ project: main repo, Python/Go SDKs, MCP server, and the conformance suite all pushed within 2026-08-19/22. Multi-repo lockstep motion plus an IETF draft and a verification-only Rust crate remains the most disciplined institutionalization play in the set. Archon still has no public draft and no third-party verifier ecosystem.
  • MolTrust’s 403 on /pricing is a new wrinkle. The API is healthy and the DID document resolves, so this looks like edge/UA blocking rather than a takedown — but it means pricing and Lightning-roadmap claims could not be re-verified this cycle. Treat last verified values (2026-08-16: $19–$299/mo, Lightning “PhoenixD prepped, not settling”) as stale until re-confirmed.
  • HelixID’s move to a dedicated org mirrors the APS conformance-org pattern at small scale — projects in this space are professionalizing their repo topology before they have traction. Watch whether the new org gains additional repos.
  • LNSAT is worth watching despite 1★: it is the second project in two weeks (after Agent-Safe Pipeline) to ship the intent→authority→evidence pipeline as the core architecture, with explicit “telemetry never grants authority” separation. If it pushes consistently, promote next cycle.
  • Soulverse remains brochure-stage (fifth consecutive week of npm 404s); no change to the watchlist classification.

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