Hephaestus — security grade SAFE, quality 61/100

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 61/100

No red flags found in any of the 11 categories — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →

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About Hephaestus

Hephaestus — Network 2.0 Local-first agent &amp; plugin networking: call your agents from any AI runtime, route by standardized cards, keep memory on your machine. Turn one rough agent idea into an installable Agentlas agent or team repository — then let the Hephaestus Network route every request to the right local agent, with Hub fallback only on your approval. English · 한국어 · 中文 · 日本語 · हिन्दी Paste Install · <a href="

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Quick Facts

Stars123
Forks20
LanguagePython
CategoryMCP Server
LicenseApache-2.0
Quality Score61.408672688391/100
Last Updated2026-07-07
Created2026-06-04
Platformsmcp, python
Est. Tokens~21k

Compatible Skills

These tools work well together with Hephaestus for enhanced workflows:

  • mcp-memory-service — semantic(0.27)+complementary+shared_fw(autogen,crewai)+rare_topics+same_lang+shared_platform (70%)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Hephaestus?

Hephaestus is Agent OS: keep specialist agents in a hub, spin up a temporary orchestrator per task. Local-first, works with any model.. It is categorized as a MCP Server with 123 GitHub stars.

What programming language is Hephaestus written in?

Hephaestus is primarily written in Python. It covers topics such as a2a, agent, agent-framework.

How do I install or use Hephaestus?

You can find installation instructions and usage details in the Hephaestus GitHub repository at github.com/agentlas-ai/Hephaestus. The project has 123 stars and 20 forks, indicating an active community.

What license does Hephaestus use?

Hephaestus is released under the Apache-2.0 license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to Hephaestus?

The top alternatives to Hephaestus on Agent Skills Hub include LiteMultiAgent, agent-builder, oreilly-ai-agents. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

How this security grade is produced

Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, covering 11 red-flag categories including credential harvesting, data exfiltration, and curl | sh installers. It is a first-layer scan, not a manual audit — we say so rather than overstate it.

The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.

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