Paperclip AI Docker

Unofficial community Docker stack for [Paperclip](https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip). Self-host built from source with agent CLIs preinstalled, bound to 127.0.0.1 for a reverse proxy or tunnel in front. MIT. Not affiliated with or supported by the Paperclip team — product support is upstream.

What's included

| | Feature | | --- | --- | | Build | Full Paperclip from source — UI, server, Postgres path, adapters | | Agent CLIs | Claude Code, Codex, opencode-ai, GitHub CLI, ripgrep, Python 3 | | Network | 127.0.0.1 only — Cloudflare Tunnel / Nginx / Caddy / Traefik | | Permissions | UID/GID-matching entrypoint for volumes without root |

No custom product fork — packaging and ops only.

Prerequisites

Linux server · Docker Engine + Compose v2 · reverse proxy or tunnel.

Install (recommended)

bash git clone https://github.com/Made-By-Adem/paperclipai-docker.git cd paperclipai-docker chmod +x setup.sh ./setup.sh

Script checks Docker/Compose, generates .env secrets, builds from source, starts Paperclip + PostgreSQL. Then set PAPERCLIPPUBLICURL in .env to your domain.

Install (manual)