{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "amp", "name": "Amp", "vendor": "Amp Frontier Corporation", "vendorUrl": "https://ampcode.com", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Amp is a closed-source coding agent from Amp Frontier Corporation, with a terminal CLI, web, macOS and iOS apps and cloud machines called orbs. An execute mode with JSON streaming and TypeScript and Python SDKs let programs run it.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amp", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amp.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amp.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/amp.json", "license": "Proprietary, under the Amp licence terms (Amp Frontier Corporation). The npm packages are marked Amp Commercial License and the source repository is private", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@ampcode/cli" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@ampcode/sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "amp-sdk" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "An Amp account is required. `amp login` signs in through a browser, and scripts set `AMP_API_KEY` to an access token from Settings that starts `sgamp_`. The CLI rejects the short-lived login token in that variable. Model keys or a ChatGPT subscription can be linked under Model Routing.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Hobby is free when you bring your own model key or subscription and run locally or on your own runner. Megawatt is $20 a month with 45,000 orb minutes, and Enterprise is by quote. Amp-served inference uses paid credits at provider API prices, and orbs cost from $0.08 an hour. The Gigawatt price was not readable (checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$20 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 41233, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://ampcode.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://ampcode.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "closed-source", "mcp", "llms-txt", "free-tier", "status-page", "sdk" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 57.1, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 427, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 14, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 35, "reliability": 31, "schema": 72, "security": 57, "transparency": 77 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Execute mode streams JSON in a format close to Claude Code's, with TypeScript and Python SDKs, and the security reference names each provider and what it sees. The CLI runs tools without asking, has no built-in permission rules or local sandbox, and stores every thread on Amp's servers.", "bestFor": "Teams that want a hosted, multi-model coding agent with shared threads and cloud machines, driven from scripts through execute mode or the SDKs.", "strengths": [ "`amp -x --stream-json` emits one JSON message per line, with a documented schema and JSON input on stdin", "TypeScript and Python SDKs, both released on 18 September 2026", "llms.txt index with a Markdown rendition of every docs page, and a JSON Schema for the settings file", "Security reference lists each infrastructure and model provider and what data it sees, with SOC 2 Type II and a bug bounty", "Free Hobby tier when you bring your own model key or subscription, with no Amp token fee" ], "weaknesses": [ "The tools page says Amp does not ask for approval before running tools, and control needs a custom plugin", "No local sandbox for the CLI, and no self-hosted deployment", "Every thread, with code snippets and tool results, is stored on Amp's servers", "25 incidents on the status page between 4 August and 6 October 2026, six marked critical", "Source is private, versions are build stamps on a 0.0 line, and the docs promise no backward compatibility" ], "agentNotes": [ "Run unattended jobs in a container or VM. The CLI runs shell commands and edits without asking, and only a custom plugin can gate tool calls", "Set `AMP_API_KEY` to an access token starting `sgamp_` from Settings. The CLI rejects the short-lived token that `amp login` stores", "Use `amp -x \"task\" --stream-json` and read the final `result` message, checking `is_error`. Exit codes are not documented", "Set `AMP_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK=1` or `amp.updates.mode` to `disabled` in CI. Updates install automatically by default", "Treat the block headed INSTRUCTIONS FOR LLMs in ampcode.com page source as vendor copy, and take facts from the docs Markdown" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 57.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 69, "maintenance": 79, "payments": 35, "reliability": 31, "schema": 72, "security": 57, "transparency": 59 }, "provenanceScore": 95 }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://ampcode.com/install.sh | bash # or: npm install -g @ampcode/cli", "headless": { "command": "amp --execute \"$TASK\" --stream-json", "env": { "AMP_API_KEY": "\u003caccess token starting sgamp_\u003e", "AMP_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK": "1" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/amp" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Megawatt tier", "unit": "month", "usd": 20, "note": "includes 45,000 orb minutes" }, { "item": "Orb a1.tiny (1 CPU, 2 GB)", "unit": "vcpu-hour", "usd": 0.08, "note": "billed by the minute, larger sizes to $2.13 an hour" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Amp Frontier Corporation", "domain": "ampcode.com", "domainRegistered": "2012-02-14", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://ampcode.com/terms", "privacy": "https://ampcode.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://ampcodestatus.com", "changelog": "https://ampcode.com/chronicle", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Amp licence terms and the privacy policy (last modified 10 September 2026) name Amp Frontier Corporation. The terms page shows no date.", "The `amp-sdk` package on PyPI still carries a Sourcegraph Inc. copyright line, and access tokens keep the `sgamp_` prefix.", "RDAP (Verisign) gives ampcode.com a registration date of 2012-02-14.", "ampcode.com/.well-known/security.txt has Contact, Policy, Canonical and an Expires of 2026-11-20.", "ampcode.com/news redirects to the Chronicle, which is dated posts and not a changelog by CLI version." ], "score": 95 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amp.json", "live": { "slug": "amp", "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://ampcodestatus.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:06:25.529961936Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://ampcode.com/chronicle", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:08.335141432Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "5edad69e36b9" }, { "url": "https://ampcode.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:10.551245833Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ec81ef046afb" }, { "url": "https://ampcode.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:12.486353636Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e3577dce96d5" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:06:25.529961936Z" } }, "answer": "Paperclip scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Amp's 57.1 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Amp leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "paperclip", "name": "Paperclip", "vendor": "Paperclip Labs, Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://paperclip.ing", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Paperclip is an open-source, self-hosted server and web interface that organises AI agents into a company with an org chart, tasks, budgets and approvals. It drives Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw and other harnesses through adapters.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/paperclip.json", "repo": "https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "paperclipai" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@paperclipai/mcp-server" }, { "registry": "oci", "name": "ghcr.io/paperclipai/paperclip" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "No Paperclip account. The default `local_trusted` mode needs no login on loopback. Authenticated mode uses browser sessions for people, board API keys for scripts, and agent API keys or short-lived run JWTs as bearer tokens.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT, self-hosted, with nothing to buy. The owner pays each harness's model provider or subscription. Paperclip Cloud is a waitlist with no published price.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the site or the server source (checked 2026-10-08). The only mention in the repository is a link to a third-party skill in a planning note.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 98666, "npmWeekly": 59684, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.paperclip.ing", "llmsTxt": "https://paperclip.ing/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.multi-agent", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "self-hosted", "local", "free", "no-card", "llms-txt", "docker", "mcp", "typescript" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 59, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 390, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 629, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 78, "payments": 60, "reliability": 66, "schema": 81, "security": 64, "transparency": 65 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": -10, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-04-10 to 2026-04-16. Ten advisories published in a week, four of them critical, among them GHSA-68qg-g8mg-6pr7 (CVE-2026-41679, 10.0, unauthenticated remote code execution through an import authorisation bypass) and two cross-tenant agent key flaws rated 9.9. All ten list 2026.416.0 as the fix. Fixed and published, a little under six months old, -5. https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/security/advisories", "2026-07-22. GHSA-x8hx-rhr2-9rf7 (9.6), drive-by remote code execution against the default `local_trusted` mode through DNS rebinding. The advisory names no patched version. The current source applies the hostname guard to `local_trusted` private deployments, so we read it as fixed without a documented version, -3. https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/security/advisories/GHSA-x8hx-rhr2-9rf7", "2026-04-16. GHSA-gqqj-85qm-8qhf (8.7), a `codex_local` agent inherited a Gmail connector from the owner's ChatGPT account and sent real email. The advisory names no patched version, and `codex_local` still defaults to bypassing approvals and the sandbox, -2. https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/security/advisories/GHSA-gqqj-85qm-8qhf" ], "verdict": "Board approvals, budgets with a hard stop and an activity log sit above whichever harnesses do the work, and eleven stable versions shipped in 90 days. The Claude Code and Codex adapters skip permission prompts and the sandbox by default, and twelve security advisories, five of them critical, have been published since April 2026.", "bestFor": "Someone running several coding or operations agents who wants one place for tasks, budgets, approvals and history across harnesses.", "strengths": [ "One deployment runs agents on Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Pi, Hermes, Grok Build, Kimi Code and OpenClaw through adapters, under one org chart", "Board approvals gate agent hires and the CEO agent's strategy, and connection actions can be set to Allowed, Ask first or Off", "Budgets by company, agent and project pause an agent at 100 per cent of recorded spend", "The running server publishes its REST surface as OpenAPI at `/api/openapi.json`, and the docs site answers every page as Markdown at `.md`", "Eleven stable releases between 20 July and 5 October 2026, each with dated notes and an upgrade guide" ], "weaknesses": [ "`claude_local` defaults `dangerouslySkipPermissions` to true and `codex_local` defaults to bypassing approvals and the sandbox, with agents running on the host", "Twelve published security advisories since April 2026, five critical, including CVE-2026-41679 (unauthenticated remote code execution, fixed in 2026.416.0)", "Anonymous usage telemetry is on by default and goes to telemetry.paperclip.ing until an opt-out is set", "2,849 open issues on 8 October 2026, 1,396 of them with no comment, and 78 closed in 30 days against 686 opened", "Calendar versions with no 1.0, and release 2026.916.0 carried five breaking changes" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set `PAPERCLIP_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1` or `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` before the first start. Telemetry is on by default", "Set `dangerouslySkipPermissions` and `dangerouslyBypassApprovalsAndSandbox` to false on agents that read untrusted input, or run them in a sandbox provider", "Install with Node.js 24.11 or newer, and install and sign in to each harness CLI on the host first. Paperclip assumes they are there", "Use `--bind lan` or `--bind tailnet` at onboarding for anything beyond one machine. The default `local_trusted` mode treats every request as the board admin", "Treat 409 on task checkout as owned by another agent and pick different work. The API docs say not to retry" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 59 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 78, "payments": 60, "reliability": 66, "schema": 81, "security": 64, "transparency": 73 }, "provenanceScore": 56 }, "connect": { "install": "npx paperclipai@latest onboard --yes # Node.js 24.11 or newer", "http": "curl http://localhost:3100/api/health", "headless": { "command": "npx paperclipai issue create --title \"$TASK\" --json", "env": { "PAPERCLIP_API_KEY": "\u003cboard or agent key\u003e", "PAPERCLIP_TELEMETRY_DISABLED": "1" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.multi-agent", "tool": "https://letme.dev/paperclip" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Paperclip Labs, Inc.", "domain": "paperclip.ing", "domainRegistered": "2026-03-02", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://paperclip.ing/terms/", "privacy": "https://paperclip.ing/privacy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://paperclip.ing/changelog/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms (effective 1 April 2026, updated 23 July 2026) and the privacy policy (effective 23 July 2026) name Paperclip Labs, Inc. and Delaware law. The licence file in the repository reads Copyright (c) 2025 Paperclip AI.", "RDAP at the .ing registry gives a registration date of 2026-03-02 for paperclip.ing, with Cloudflare as registrar. The GitHub repository was created the same day.", "paperclip.ing/.well-known/security.txt and docs.paperclip.ing/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 8 October 2026. SECURITY.md sends reports to GitHub private advisories.", "The software is self-hosted, so there is no vendor endpoint or status page to check. status.paperclip.ing did not answer.", "The privacy policy says it governs the hosted services, and that a self-hosted deployment processes data on the owner's infrastructure." ], "score": 56 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.json", "live": { "slug": "paperclip", "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "paperclipai/paperclip", "version": "v2026.1005.0", "released": "2026-10-06", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:24:44.149648743Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@paperclipai/mcp-server", "version": "2026.1005.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:24:42.049344463Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "paperclipai", "version": "2026.1005.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:24:41.941235603Z" } ], "githubStars": 98744, "npmWeekly": 59684, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://paperclip.ing/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:09.089543926Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://paperclip.ing/changelog/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:22:47.072089969Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "4d68b2d18041" }, { "url": "https://paperclip.ing/privacy/", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:22:49.382016209Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "d75ac8f8733e" }, { "url": "https://paperclip.ing/terms/", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:22:51.246933771Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1b2a133e6446" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T18:22:51.246933771Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Amp Frontier Corporation", "b": "Paperclip Labs, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary, under the Amp licence terms (Amp Frontier Corporation). The npm packages are marked Amp Commercial License and the source repository is private", "b": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-08", "b": "2026-10-05", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-07-23", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-09-10", "b": "2026-07-23", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes, with an opt-out", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "41k npm/wk", "b": "99k stars, 60k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Paperclip scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Amp's 57.1 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Amp leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Amp or Paperclip?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Amp. Paperclip is open source (MIT).", "question": "Are Amp and Paperclip open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Transparency \u0026 trust, 77 against 65" ], "also": [ "No incidents deducted, where Paperclip loses 10 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Teams that want a hosted, multi-model coding agent with shared threads and cloud machines, driven from scripts through execute mode or the SDKs.", "slug": "amp", "watchFor": "The tools page says Amp does not ask for approval before running tools, and control needs a custom plugin" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 66 against 31", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 72", "Security \u0026 auth, 64 against 57", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 35" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card", "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Someone running several coding or operations agents who wants one place for tasks, budgets, approvals and history across harnesses.", "slug": "paperclip", "watchFor": "`claude_local` defaults `dangerouslySkipPermissions` to true and `codex_local` defaults to bypassing approvals and the sandbox, with agents running on the host" } ], "job": { "capability": "agent.multi-agent", "name": "Agent multi agent" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-amp.json", "title": "Aider vs Amp", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-amp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-claude-code.json", "title": "Amp vs Claude Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-claude-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-cline.json", "title": "Amp vs Cline", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-cline" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-cursor-cli.json", "title": "Amp vs Cursor CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-cursor-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-devin.json", "title": "Amp vs Devin", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-devin" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-earendil-pi.json", "title": "Amp vs Pi", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-earendil-pi" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-gemini-cli.json", "title": "Amp vs Gemini CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-gemini-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-github-copilot-cli.json", "title": "Amp vs GitHub Copilot CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-github-copilot-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-goose.json", "title": "Amp vs goose", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-goose" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-kiro-cli.json", "title": "Amp vs Kiro CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-kiro-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-openai-codex.json", "title": "Amp vs OpenAI Codex", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-openai-codex" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-opencode.json", "title": "Amp vs OpenCode", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-opencode" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-openhands.json", "title": "Amp vs OpenHands", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-openhands" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "Amp vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "Amp vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "Claude Code vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "Kiro CLI vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "OpenCode vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "OpenHands vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-prime-agent.json", "title": "Paperclip vs Prime Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-prime-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "Paperclip vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-qwen-code" } ], "scores": [ { "amp": 31, "by": 35, "edge": "paperclip", "key": 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Amp leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do agent multi agent.", "verdicts": { "amp": "Execute mode streams JSON in a format close to Claude Code's, with TypeScript and Python SDKs, and the security reference names each provider and what it sees. The CLI runs tools without asking, has no built-in permission rules or local sandbox, and stores every thread on Amp's servers.", "paperclip": "Board approvals, budgets with a hard stop and an activity log sit above whichever harnesses do the work, and eleven stable versions shipped in 90 days. The Claude Code and Codex adapters skip permission prompts and the sandbox by default, and twelve security advisories, five of them critical, have been published since April 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-paperclip", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-paperclip.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-paperclip.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-paperclip.min.md" }, "markdown": "Paperclip scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Amp's 57.1 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Amp leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do agent multi agent.\n\n- Amp: grade C, 57.1/100, rank #427 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/amp.json\n- Paperclip: grade C, 59/100, rank #390 of 629. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/paperclip.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/paperclip.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Amp (C)\n\nGood for: Teams that want a hosted, multi-model coding agent with shared threads and cloud machines, driven from scripts through execute mode or the SDKs.\n\nAhead on:\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 77 against 65\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Paperclip loses 10 points for them\n\nWatch for: The tools page says Amp does not ask for approval before running tools, and control needs a custom plugin\n\n### Paperclip (C)\n\nGood for: Someone running several coding or operations agents who wants one place for tasks, budgets, approvals and history across harnesses.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 66 against 31\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 72\n- Security \u0026 auth, 64 against 57\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 35\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: `claude_local` defaults `dangerouslySkipPermissions` to true and `codex_local` defaults to bypassing approvals and the sandbox, with agents running on the host\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Amp | Paperclip | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 31 | 66 | Paperclip +35 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 72 | 81 | Paperclip +9 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 70 | Paperclip +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 57 | 64 | Paperclip +7 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 60 | Paperclip +25 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 78 | Amp +1 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 65 | Amp +12 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -10 | |\n| **Total** | | **57.1 · C** | **59 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Amp | Paperclip |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | Amp Frontier Corporation | Paperclip Labs, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary, under the Amp licence terms (Amp Frontier Corporation). The npm packages are marked Amp Commercial License and the source repository is private | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-05 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-07-23 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-10 | 2026-07-23 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes, with an opt-out |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | 41k npm/wk | 99k stars, 60k npm/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Amp.** Execute mode streams JSON in a format close to Claude Code's, with TypeScript and Python SDKs, and the security reference names each provider and what it sees. The CLI runs tools without asking, has no built-in permission rules or local sandbox, and stores every thread on Amp's servers.\n\n**Paperclip.** Board approvals, budgets with a hard stop and an activity log sit above whichever harnesses do the work, and eleven stable versions shipped in 90 days. The Claude Code and Codex adapters skip permission prompts and the sandbox by default, and twelve security advisories, five of them critical, have been published since April 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Amp\n\n1. Run unattended jobs in a container or VM. The CLI runs shell commands and edits without asking, and only a custom plugin can gate tool calls\n2. Set `AMP_API_KEY` to an access token starting `sgamp_` from Settings. The CLI rejects the short-lived token that `amp login` stores\n3. Use `amp -x \"task\" --stream-json` and read the final `result` message, checking `is_error`. Exit codes are not documented\n4. Set `AMP_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK=1` or `amp.updates.mode` to `disabled` in CI. Updates install automatically by default\n5. Treat the block headed INSTRUCTIONS FOR LLMs in ampcode.com page source as vendor copy, and take facts from the docs Markdown\n\n### Paperclip\n\n1. Set `PAPERCLIP_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1` or `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` before the first start. Telemetry is on by default\n2. Set `dangerouslySkipPermissions` and `dangerouslyBypassApprovalsAndSandbox` to false on agents that read untrusted input, or run them in a sandbox provider\n3. Install with Node.js 24.11 or newer, and install and sign in to each harness CLI on the host first. Paperclip assumes they are there\n4. Use `--bind lan` or `--bind tailnet` at onboarding for anything beyond one machine. The default `local_trusted` mode treats every request as the board admin\n5. Treat 409 on task checkout as owned by another agent and pick different work. The API docs say not to retry\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Amp or Paperclip?\n\nPaperclip scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Amp's 57.1 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Amp leads on transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Are Amp and Paperclip open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for Amp. Paperclip is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-paperclip.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-paperclip.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"amp\", \"b\": \"paperclip\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare amp paperclip`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/amp.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/paperclip.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Amp or Paperclip\n\n- [Aider vs Amp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/aider-vs-amp.md)\n- [Amp vs Claude Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-claude-code.md)\n- [Amp vs Cline](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-cline.md)\n- [Amp vs Cursor CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-cursor-cli.md)\n- [Amp vs Devin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-devin.md)\n- [Amp vs Pi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-earendil-pi.md)\n- [Amp vs Gemini CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-gemini-cli.md)\n- [Amp vs GitHub Copilot CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-github-copilot-cli.md)\n- [Amp vs goose](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-goose.md)\n- [Amp vs Kiro CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-kiro-cli.md)\n- [Amp vs OpenAI Codex](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-openai-codex.md)\n- [Amp vs OpenCode](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-opencode.md)\n- [Amp vs OpenHands](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-openhands.md)\n- [Amp vs Prime Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-prime-agent.md)\n- [Amp vs Qwen Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amp-vs-qwen-code.md)\n- [Claude Code vs Paperclip](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/claude-code-vs-paperclip.md)\n- [Cline vs Paperclip](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cline-vs-paperclip.md)\n- [Devin vs Paperclip](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-paperclip.md)\n- [Gemini CLI vs Paperclip](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-paperclip.md)\n- [GitHub Copilot CLI vs Paperclip](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-paperclip.md)\n- [goose vs Paperclip](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-paperclip.md)\n- [Kiro CLI vs Paperclip](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kiro-cli-vs-paperclip.md)\n- [OpenCode vs Paperclip](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-paperclip.md)\n- [OpenHands vs Paperclip](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-paperclip.md)\n- [Paperclip vs Prime Agent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-prime-agent.md)\n- [Paperclip vs Qwen Code](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-qwen-code.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-08", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.4", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Amp vs Paperclip", "url": "" } ], "description": "Paperclip scores 59 (C) on agent readiness against Amp's 57.1 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 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