AiHint Standard

v1.1.0

An open standard for signed, verifiable metadata and trust scoring for websites

🔐 Cryptographic
Signatures

🌐 Multi-Language
Support

⚡ CLI Tools

🤖 AI Trust
Scoring

What is AiHint?¶

AiHint Standard provides a comprehensive solution for website trust and metadata verification. It includes:

Signed, Verifiable Metadata: Add tamper-proof metadata to websites with cryptographic signatures
Automated Trust Scoring: Multi-phase trust assessment covering security, reputation, and compliance
Cross-Platform Support: Full implementations in Python, PHP, and JavaScript
Real-time Analysis: Automated website analysis with external API integration

The metadata can include information about the site's purpose, ownership, security practices, trust scores, and more. The signatures ensure that the metadata hasn't been tampered with and comes from a trusted source.

Supported Languages¶

AiHint Standard is implemented in multiple programming languages to make it easy to integrate into your existing projects:

Language	Status	Features
Python	✅ Production Ready	Core library, CLI, key generation
JavaScript/Node.js	✅ Production Ready	Core library, CLI, TypeScript support
PHP	✅ Production Ready	Core library, CLI, key generation, remote key fetching

Key Features¶

Multi-language Support: Choose from Python, JavaScript, or PHP
AI Trust Scoring: Automated website trust assessment with 9 scoring modules
Self-signing: Create and sign your own metadata for development/testing
Trusted Issuers: Use official AiHint Issuer service for production
CLI Tools: Command-line interfaces for all implementations
Key Management: Generate and manage cryptographic keys
Validation: Verify metadata integrity and authenticity

🆕 Trust Scoring System¶

The new AI-powered trust scoring system automatically assesses website trustworthiness across three dimensions:

🔒 Security

SSL/TLS validation, security headers, malware detection

⭐ Reputation

Domain age, historical incidents, third-party reputation

📋 Compliance

Privacy policies, contact information, legal compliance

Quick Example:

# Score a website automatically
aihint scoring score https://example.com --verbose

# Create AiHint with automated scoring
aihint create-with-score \
  --target "https://example.com" \
  --issuer "https://trust.aihint.org" \
  --public-key-url "https://trust.aihint.org/pubkey.pem" \
  --output "scored_aihint.json"

Learn more about Trust Scoring →

Getting Started¶

Choose your implementation - Select Python, JavaScript, or PHP
Quick Start - Get up and running in minutes
Key Concepts - Understand the fundamentals

Open Source vs Production¶

**Important**: This repository contains the **open source protocol** for AiHint Standard, which is designed for development, testing, and self-signing. For production use with global trust, you'll need to use the official **AiHint Issuer service** (coming soon).

Open Source (this repo): Free, self-signing, development/testing
AiHint Issuer Service: Production-ready, globally trusted, paid service (separate project)

Contributing¶

We welcome contributions! See our Contributing Guide for details.

License¶

This project is licensed under the MIT License.