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paperclipvstaOS

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papercliptaOS
Score88/10049/100
Rank in category#4 of 124 in AI#104 of 209 in AI Agents
GitHub stars108 625583
Stars, last 30 days+25 801+1
Stable releases, 12 months101
Latest releasev2026.1012.0 · 12 Oct 2026bundle-latest · 21 Jun 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptPython

Which one should you pick?

paperclip scores 88/100 against 49/100 for taOS, so it is the safer default.

paperclip ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for taOS.

paperclip is growing faster right now (+25 801 stars in 30 days).

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