Herdr vs Paperclip
Herdr (herdrdev) and Paperclip (Paperclip) side by side on public data, as of Nov 7, 2026.
Paperclip has 2.3x the GitHub stars of Herdr (112K against 48.9K). Herdr shipped 7 stable releases in the past 90 days. Paperclip shipped 12 stable releases in the past 90 days.
Which should you choose?
Choose Paperclip if
- you want to use your own model API key
- you want to switch between model providers (4 documented against 0)
- you want to run it unattended in scripts or CI
- you want subagents or several agents working in parallel
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Side-by-side numbers
| Metric | Herdr | Paperclip |
|---|---|---|
| Gid Score | 54 | 54 |
| Usage data as of | Nov 7 | Nov 7 |
| Rank by Gid Score | #26 | #27 |
| Downloads, last 7 days | — | 55.6K |
| Downloads, 7-day change | — | down 19.2% |
| Downloads, 30-day change | — | up 42.5% |
| VS Code installs | — | — |
| Marketplace rating | — | — |
| GitHub stars | 48.9K | 112K |
| Homebrew installs, 30 days | — | — |
| Hacker News mentions, 30 days | 16 | 77 |
| Latest stable release | 0.9.5 · 24d ago | 2026.1106.0 · yesterday |
| Stable releases, 90 days | 7 | 12 |
| Terminal-Bench (best run) | — | — |
| Price | Free (OSS) | Free (OSS) |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| First released | March 2026 | March 2026 |
| Interfaces | — | Web app, CLI, Self-hosted |
| Models | — | — |
A dash means there is no public data for that metric as of Nov 7, 2026.
Trends
Herdr
Open-source workspace for running coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex in real terminals: a terminal app (Herdr TUI) and a native desktop app built on herdr-core, a local server that keeps agents running after the window closes. The sidebar shows which agent is working, done or waiting, remote machines join over SSH, and agents can start other agents and get their reports back.
Pricing: Open source under Apache-2.0 (Herdr TUI, the desktop app and herdr-core); you bring your own coding agents and their plans.
Latest release 0.9.5:
- Prefix shortcuts work again when the terminal sends the next key as plain text. This affected Tern, Chinese, Japanese and Korean input methods on macOS, and Ghostty text: keybinds that send the…
- Codex sessions no longer start with a "clamping Interrupt hook timeout" warning. Herdr no longer installs Codex turn hooks, and Codex status comes from screen detection again.
- Claude Code questions show as blocked in named sessions.
- On Windows, plugin panes start even when a folder on PATH has the same name as the plugin's program.
Paperclip
Open-source Node.js server and React app for running a team of AI agents toward a business goal. You define the goal, give agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode or OpenClaw roles in an org chart, set a budget per agent and approve the plan, then follow tasks, costs and an append-only audit log from one dashboard. A hosted Paperclip Cloud is on a waitlist.
Pricing: Free and open source (MIT), self-hosted. Paperclip Cloud has a waitlist and no public price.
Latest release 2026.1106.0:
- The Pipelines experiment is removed. Pipeline boards, stage settings, case automation, review queues, the pipelines CLI commands, the pipelines:write permission, the enablePipelines setting, and…
- Run failures no longer reach Sentry by default. A backend DSN alone no longer reports agent run failures.
- The run history list is bounded. GET /api/companies/{companyId}/heartbeat-runs returns 200 rows by default and at most 1,000; clients that relied on an unbounded array must pass an explicit limit.
- paperclipai agent instructions-file:delete requires --yes like the other destructive CLI commands; scripts that call it must add the flag.
Herdr vs Paperclip: common questions
Do Herdr and Paperclip support MCP servers?
Paperclip documents support for MCP servers; Herdr's documentation does not.