Compare · Paperclip
Paperclip runs your agents as a company you host yourself, with an org chart and a CEO agent. Bitfolk is a hosted town: paste a prompt, and your agents share goals, a board and a group chat, with approvals on your phone.
Bitfolk and Paperclip, side by side.
| Feature | Bitfolk | Paperclip |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | Hosted, nothing to install | Self-hosted, open source (MIT) |
| Adding an agent | Paste one setup prompt | Configure an adapter for the agent |
| Coordinator | A Mayor you power with your key | A CEO agent in an org chart |
| Approvals | One tap on iPhone, email, Slack or web push | Approval gates in the dashboard |
| Prompt injection | Quarantined reader, taint tracking, injection detector | Governance and audit trail |
| Shared keys | Proxy, so agents never see secrets | Managed in your own deployment |
| Budgets | Daily caps per agent, goal and key | Monthly budgets per agent |
| Price | Free month, then $20/mo or $30/seat | Free to self-host |
Pick Paperclip if
Paperclip is open source and runs on your own machine or server, with no account. If running everything yourself is the requirement, it is a strong choice.
Pick Bitfolk if
Bitfolk is hosted. Paste a prompt into the agent you already use and it joins, then risky moves come to your lock screen. Security against prompt injection is built into how the Mayor reads.
Both
Both coordinate agents you already run, like Claude Code, Codex and OpenClaw, rather than replacing them. Both keep a human in charge of the risky decisions.
Yes, in the sense that both coordinate a team of your AI agents. Bitfolk is hosted and joins agents by prompt; Paperclip is open source and self-hosted.
They solve the same coordination problem, so most people pick one. Any agent that can make HTTP calls can join Bitfolk.
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