Archon Competitive Analysis – 2026-09-13 Refresh

Refresh timestamp: 2026-09-13 09:06 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 2026-09-06 (GitHub search: “agent identity did”, “agent authorization policy”, “verifiable credentials ai agent”), plus live re-checks of MolTrust and Soulverse, plus IETF Datatracker checks. No new profiles added; two 0★ signal-only discoveries (anlora-arp, AgentGuard). Headline: MolTrust’s AAE Internet-Draft advanced to -02.

What changed

  • MolTrust AAE draft advanced -01 → -02 (draft-kroehl-agentic-trust-aae-02, IETF Datatracker dated 2026-09-06) — the only standards-track movement in the tracked set this cycle. ANS still -00, APS still -03.
  • Full metadata refresh across all tracked repos. Headline deltas: Bindu 9767→9829★ (+62 — cooled sharply from +420/+662; crossed 9,800, 171★ from 10,000), Agent-Safe Pipeline 533→532★ (second decline in three weeks, pushed today 2026-09-13), APS 43→45★ (pushed 2026-09-10; conformance suite pushed 2026-09-12), ANP 1413→1426★ / AgentConnect 345→347★ (both pushed 2026-09-12), ANS 38→40★ / registry 31★, AgenticMail 218→219★ (pushed today), did-sdk-java 36→37★. Chancery flat at 25★ with no push since 2026-07-21 — sixth consecutive stalled cycle (inactive). decern flat at 13★, no push since 2026-08-24 (third week).
  • MolTrust re-checked live: API still v2.5/healthy; did:web:api.moltrust.ch still resolves; homepage title/meta unchanged. /pricing path behavior unchanged from last week (301→/pricing/→403 even with a browser UA); /pricing.html still returns 200 — pricing re-verified there ($19/mo (2 agents) to $299/mo (75 agents), $9/mo per additional agent, Lightning still “PhoenixD integration prepped, not yet settling”).
  • Soulverse re-checked: homepage title unchanged; @soulverse/soul-id-sdk, @soulverse/trust-protocol-sdk, @soulverse/soul-ai-agent-sdk still 404 on npm (eighth consecutive weekly check).
  • Discovery sweep: the technocore/$FLOP airdrop-farming cluster still dominates the new-repo tail (4 repos this week — did:key wrappers, 0★, noise). Two 0★ signal-only entrants: Stanglovicc/anlora-arp (created 2026-05-14) — “Agentic Reasoning Protocol (ARP)”, an open standard for cryptographically-signed brand claims; and amulyavarshney/AgentGuard (created 2026-07-18, pushed 2026-07-30) — runtime security and governance for autonomous agents (authorization, policy enforcement). Below the profile bar; logged as signals. microsoft/identity-spiffe flat at 11★ (no push since 2026-09-01); legatio-ai 1★ (pushed 2026-09-12); LNSAT 1★ (pushed today).
  • Updated the main report (metadata, tracked-projects table, profiles, 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 2026-09-13 (authenticated gh api):

Repo Stars (prev → now) Last pushed
GetBindu/Bindu 9767 → 9829 (442 forks) 2026-09-06
GetBindu/create-bindu-agent 32 → 32 2026-03-13
urbit/urbit 3617 → 3617 2026-09-07
urbit/vere 81 → 81 2026-09-12
agent-network-protocol/AgentNetworkProtocol 1413 → 1426 2026-09-12
agent-network-protocol/anp (AgentConnect) 345 → 347 2026-09-12
decionis/agent-safe-pipeline 533 → 532 (57 forks) 2026-09-13
agenticmail/agenticmail 218 → 219 2026-09-13
aeoess/agent-passport-system 43 → 45 2026-09-10
aeoess/agent-passport-python / -go / -mcp / -rust 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 2026-09-05 / 09-04 / 09-05 / 09-04
aeoess/aps-web still 404 —
Agent-Authority-Conformance/aps-conformance-suite 3 → 3 2026-09-12
Agent-Authority-Conformance/governance 0 2026-08-19
anivar/decern 13 → 13 2026-08-24
mishrasanjeev/grantex 31 → 31 2026-09-13
VibeTensor/attestix 17 → 17 2026-09-11
kevinkaylie/AgentNexus 9 → 9 2026-07-29
KestrelSovereignAI/kestrel-sovereign 8 → 8 2026-09-13
airlock-protocol/airlock 2 → 2 2026-09-06
chanceryhq/chancery 25 → 25 2026-07-21
AgentValet/AgentValet 1 → 1 2026-08-12
agentnameservice/ans 38 → 40 2026-09-10
agentnameservice/ans-registry 31 → 31 2026-09-11
agentnameservice/ans-sdk-go / -rust / -java 5 / 6 / 3 2026-09-11 / 09-08 / 09-09
agentnameservice/agent-trust-discovery 2 → 2 2026-09-04
hashgraph/did-method 28 → 28 2025-01-14
hashgraph/did-sdk-java 36 → 37 2024-06-01
hashgraph/hedera-agent-kit-js 67 → 67 (78 forks) 2026-09-11
didit-protocol/skills 26 → 26 2026-08-10
The-Nexus-Guard/aip 15 → 15 2026-03-22
vrknetha/clawdentity 9 → 9 2026-04-22
motebit/motebit 5 → 5 2026-09-13
credat/credat 2 → 2 2026-05-22
helixid/helixid 5 → 5 2026-09-10
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 6 → 6 2026-09-12
digitalbazaar/agent-credential-server 0 → 0 2026-06-08
MoltyCel/moltrust-api 3 → 3 2026-09-06
hypler-dev/LNSAT (signal) 1 → 1 2026-09-13
mocenslabs/legatio-ai (signal) 1 → 1 2026-09-12
microsoft/identity-spiffe (signal) 11 → 11 2026-09-01
Stanglovicc/anlora-arp (discovery) 0 2026-05-14 (created 2026-05-14)
amulyavarshney/AgentGuard (discovery) 0 2026-07-30 (created 2026-07-18)

Live/protocol facts read directly on 2026-09-13:

  • MolTrust live API: GET https://api.moltrust.ch/health → {"status":"ok","version":"2.5","database":"connected","timestamp":"2026-09-13 13:03:28.501727"}; /.well-known/did.json → 200; homepage title “The Trust Layer for the Agent Economy — MolTrust”, meta unchanged; GET /pricing → 301 → /pricing/ → 403 (both default curl and browser-UA curl); GET /pricing.html → 200: “PhoenixD integration prepped, not yet settling”, “$19/mo (2 agents), Scale $299/mo (75 agents)”, “$9/mo per additional agent”.
  • IETF Datatracker: draft-kroehl-agentic-trust-aae-02 (dated 2026-09-06); draft-narajala-ans-00; draft-pidlisnyi-aps-03.
  • Soulverse: homepage title unchanged (Soulverse | The Operating System of Trust); npm registry checks for @soulverse/soul-id-sdk, @soulverse/trust-protocol-sdk, @soulverse/soul-ai-agent-sdk all return 404.
  • Discovery repo descriptions (GitHub search): anlora-arp — “Agentic Reasoning Protocol (ARP) — open standard for cryptographically-signed brand claims”; AgentGuard — “Runtime security and governance for autonomous agents - authorization, policy enforcement”.

Interpretation

  • Bindu’s compounding paused, not reversed. +62 after +662/+420 is ordinary-market pace for a repo at 9,829; nothing else in the set is within an order of magnitude. The DX-wedge story is unchanged; watch next week to see whether the triple-digit pattern resumes or the launch-channel audience is saturated.
  • Agent-Safe Pipeline’s audience is no longer compounding. A second decline in three weeks (533→532★) despite pushing today suggests the launch cohort has churned through; the benchmark status now rests entirely on evidence packaging. Same posture as last week: bridge target, closed-verdict structural foil.
  • MolTrust is the only tracked project still moving on the standards track. AAE -02 (following -01 on 2026-08-11) while ANS sits at -00 since June and APS at -03 since August. The centralized rival is also the most active spec writer — uncomfortable but true; Archon’s counter remains verifier-independent evidence, not draft count.
  • The authorization-kernel tier went quiet. decern flat at 13★ with no push since 2026-08-24 (third week); Chancery inactive for a sixth cycle; microsoft/identity-spiffe flat at 11★ with no push since 2026-09-01. The enterprise-control-plane vocabulary persists (AgentValet, identity-spiffe), but no repo in the tier is gaining.
  • Soulverse remains brochure-stage (eighth consecutive week of npm 404s); no change to watchlist classification.
  • MolTrust’s pricing-path behavior stabilized (same 301→403 pattern as last week) — treat it as settled infra, not signal. Lightning still roadmap.

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