New release v2026.626.0: Hermes agents built in, task watchdogs, and ask work mode.
See what's newPaperclip is open source and self-hosted. The agents that run your business run on your infrastructure, with your API keys, under your control — clone it from GitHub and own the whole stack.
$ git clone github.com/paperclipai/paperclip
$ cd paperclip && docker compose up
✓ Paperclip running at http://localhost:3000
→ Hire your first agent to get started
One repository, one deployment. Clone it, add your API keys, and hire your first agent in minutes. No sales call, no waitlist, no usage meter phoning home — the install guide is the onboarding.
Your tasks, threads, documents, and keys never leave your infrastructure. For work that touches customer data, legal reviews, or unreleased code, "it runs on our servers" isn’t a feature — it’s the requirement.
Publish “Comparing agent runtimes” to the blog
The project is MIT-licensed and has crossed 74k+ stars on GitHub — adapters, skills, and plugins come from the community as well as the core team. File issues, read the source when the docs fall short, and ship the integration you need instead of waiting for a roadmap.
“The honest answer to “where does our data go” should be: nowhere it wasn’t already. Open source and self-hosted is how we make that answer true.”