OffivelleOffivelle vs Paperclip
Paperclip (Paperclip Labs): an open-source control panel that runs a company of coding agents with an org chart and budgets.
Pick Paperclip if…
- you want to govern many agents across several organizations from a browser;
- you also want to direct Gemini CLI, Hermes or OpenClaw agents;
- you’re happy to run and look after a server.
Pick Offivelle if…
- you want a Mac app with sign-in inside it, with no server to run;
- you want a 3D office you can watch, not only a dashboard;
- you want a first finished job within minutes, from a starter job.
| Question | Offivelle | Paperclip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free app. Agents use your own ChatGPT plan (through Codex) or Claude plan (through Claude Code, which draws on your plan’s monthly agent credit, then extra usage), or free models on your Mac. Offivelle sells no AI credits. | Free and self-hosted; a cloud version is on the roadmap.1 |
| Where you can get it | Every country. The app speaks 11 languages, and agents answer in yours. | Anywhere. |
| Where it runs | Your Mac (macOS 13 or later). Chat and approvals from your phone through Telegram, or the phone app on your Wi-Fi or Tailscale. Your own Linux server with Docker. Windows is coming. | Your own server: a Node server with a browser dashboard, or Docker.1 |
| Which AI does the work | Your choice: ChatGPT (through OpenAI’s Codex), Claude (through Anthropic’s Claude Code) or free local models through Ollama. Pick several and they back each other up. | Directs Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Hermes, OpenClaw and others, on your own plans or keys.1 |
| One agent or a team | A team: a CEO who plans the work and hires from 46 roles in 13 departments. Several people can share a company, with roles from viewer to admin. | A company: an org chart of agents with roles; several people and organizations.1 |
| Approvals | Emails, publishing and spending wait for your OK, on the Mac or by Telegram. “Always allow” rules for what you trust, a daily budget, and one tap pauses everyone. | Board approvals, review stages, hard budget stops, pause and terminate.1 |
| Your data and training | Stays on your Mac. Prompts go only to the AI you chose (nowhere, with a local model). Offivelle doesn’t train on it or show ads; anonymous usage counts only if you say yes. | Stays on your server; prompts go to the agents’ providers.1 |
| Memory you can see and edit | Yes: plain Markdown notes in a folder you own (an Obsidian vault, kept with git). Read, edit, move or delete them. | Not published |
| Works with your computer off | While your Mac is on, or around the clock on your own server. | While your server is on. |
| Its face | A 3D office of people whose looks you choose; bring your own 3D characters. | No characters: a dashboard.1 |
| Open source | Yes: the code is published under AGPL-3.0 at launch. | Yes: MIT, about 98k GitHub stars (Oct 8, 2026).1 |
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Facts checked on October 8, 2026 from the public sources listed above. Products change quickly: if something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it. Paperclip is a trademark of Paperclip Labs; Offivelle isn’t affiliated with Paperclip Labs.