Paperclip

Paperclip is an open-source, self-hosted orchestration platform that transforms how teams deploy AI automation. Rather than managing isolated chatbots, Paperclip lets you build autonomous AI organizations—complete with org charts, hierarchical goals, role assignments, budget controls, and immutable audit trails. The MIT-licensed platform runs entirely on your own infrastructure, so your data never leaves your VPS and you pay only for the AI API calls you make.

Common Use Cases

Operations teams use Paperclip to run fully autonomous back-office workflows—agents handle scheduling, reporting, and follow-ups without manual intervention. Development organizations deploy coding agents under a tech lead agent that reviews output and escalates blockers, dramatically reducing coordination overhead. Marketing departments set up content pipelines where writer agents produce drafts, editor agents refine them, and a publishing agent schedules distribution—all governed by a single campaign goal. Business owners managing multiple ventures use Paperclip's multi-company isolation to run separate AI organizations for each business from a single deployment.

Key Features

• Hierarchical org charts with defined agent roles, titles, and reporting lines for structured autonomous operation
• Goal cascade system that traces tasks from company mission down through team goals to individual agent assignments
• Bring-your-own-agent support for Claude, GPT-4o, Gemini, Cursor, Codex, or any custom script with a heartbeat interface
• Per-agent monthly budget limits with automatic pausing at 100% and soft warnings at 80% to prevent runaway costs
• Immutable ticket-based audit trail with full tool-call tracing for complete transparency into every agent action
• Heartbeat scheduling system that wakes agents on a defined cadence to check for work and execute tasks asynchronously
• Multi-company support with complete data isolation between separate business organizations in a single deployment
• Board governance model where you approve agent hiring, strategy decisions, and retain override capability at all times
• Persistent agent state so memory, task context, and organizational structure survive container restarts
• MIT-licensed and fully self-hosted—no external SaaS subscription, no data leaving your infrastructure

Why deploy Paperclip on Hostinger VPS

Running Paperclip on a Hostinger VPS gives you dedicated compute resources that scale with your agent workload—no shared throttling when multiple agents are active simultaneously. Sensitive business data, agent memory, and audit logs stay on hardware you control, satisfying compliance requirements that rule out SaaS platforms. You connect your own Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google API keys directly, so there is no intermediary markup on model costs. The persistent bind-mount volume ensures your entire organizational structure, goal hierarchy, and agent history survive VPS reboots and container updates. As your AI organization grows from a handful of agents to dozens, you can upgrade VPS resources without migrating to a new platform or re-onboarding your agent workforce.