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Paperclip vs Superset
Paperclip has 80,932 GitHub stars, 14,855 forks, 5,464 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Superset has 14,351 stars, 1,275 forks, 666 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Paperclip leads on adoption by 464% (80,932 vs 14,351 stars). Paperclip is written in TypeScript under MIT; Superset is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Paperclip has attracted 18% as many forks as stars, Superset 9%. Paperclip was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Paperclip | Superset | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 81K | ★ 14K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 15K | ⑂ 1.3K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Paperclip if
- You weight community size — 81K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Superset if
- You want the Superset feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Superset fits your workflow better
About Paperclip
Paperclip is an open source orchestration platform for managing teams of AI agents in production environments. It lives in the Node.js and React ecosystem and is licensed under MIT. The project addresses the operational chaos that arises when deploying multiple autonomous AI agents—such as OpenClaw, Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor—across an organization. Without coordination, teams face untraceable workflows, runaway costs, misaligned goals, and poor governance. Paperclip solves this by providing a unified dashboard that enforces org structure, budget controls, goal alignment, and auditability across heterogeneous …
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About Superset
Superset is an agentic IDE for orchestrating many coding agents in parallel on a developer machine. It lives in the AI assisted coding and developer tools ecosystem, and it is aimed at people who run CLI agents such as Claude Code, Codex, or any CLI agent. It can run any agent with the user's own subscription. The project treats each agent as a worker that can run in its own isolated git worktree, with its own branch, terminal, and environment.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Paperclip or Superset more popular?
Paperclip has 80,932 GitHub stars and Superset has 14,351. Paperclip has the larger community by that measure.
Are Paperclip and Superset free?
Both are open source. Paperclip is licensed under MIT, and Superset has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Paperclip and Superset?
Paperclip is written in TypeScript and Superset in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Paperclip or Superset?
Choose Paperclip if you want the larger community (80,932 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Superset if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.