Provenance
Built on open source. We say so.
Our runtime is a fork of OpenAgent, from the team behind AFFiNE. You should be able to inspect what you pay for — so here is the full lineage, not a licence badge.
Three licence layers
One repo, two licences, one upstream.
"Open source" means little without saying which licence covers which directory. There are three layers, with different obligations.
01 · Root
Apache 2.0
Permissive: use, modify, redistribute — keep the licence, notices and a statement of changes. Ships in every source archive.
apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.002 · Server
GNU AGPL v3
Copyleft over the network: anyone our servers serve can request the exact source they're running. Hosting doesn't dodge it — that's the point.
gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html03 · Upstream
AFFiNE lineage
OpenAgent descends from AFFiNE, licensed by its own authors — MIT frontend, separately licensed backend. We list the upstream commits we carry.
github.com/AFK-surf/open-agentThe source offer
Your licence right, in writing.
Every customer is a network user under AGPL section 13. So this offer stands — no conditions, no support plan, no reason required.
The offer
- The complete source of the server package running on your machine, at its exact revision
- Including our modifications, build scripts and config — not just upstream code
- Free, under AGPL v3 terms
- Open while the version is in service, plus three years after
- Requesting it never affects your account
Your dashboard shows the running revision, so a request can name the exact build.
The eight machines
Each one is somebody else's project.
We package and host these runtimes; we don't own them. Where a licence isn't verified against the current release, the cell says so — a guessed licence is worse than an honest gap.
| Machine | Upstream project | Licence posture | Our packaging |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenClaw Agent | OpenClaw, community agent runtime | Verify upstream licence | Pinned image, unmodified runtime |
| ZeroClaw Agent | ZeroClaw, minimal Rust runtime | Verify upstream licence | Pinned image, unmodified runtime |
| Hermes Agent | Hermes, multi-channel agent | Verify upstream licence | Pinned image, gateway restricted |
| OpenClaw Browser | OpenClaw browser variant | Verify upstream licence | Pinned image + recording sidecar |
| Claude Code | Claude Code, by Anthropic | Proprietary vendor terms | Runs only on your Anthropic key |
| DeepSeek Harness | DeepSeek Harness, plugin runtime | Verify upstream licence | Pinned image, plugins on your disk |
| Flue Agent | Flue, starter-kit runtime | Verify upstream licence | Pinned image, unmodified runtime |
| Desktop Agent | Linux desktop + control bridge | Verify per bundled component | Pinned image, takeover bridge |
| Server package | Our fork of OpenAgent | AGPL v3, source offered | Built and run on every machine |
| Repository root | Our fork of OpenAgent | Apache 2.0 | Licence and notices intact |
Reviewed 2026-09-01. "Verify" rows get a named licence and a link once confirmed — not before.
Models
The model is named on every job.
A machine is a runtime, not a model. Swapping the model changes what a job costs and what it can do — so your receipt names it, every time.
Job receipt · model named per lineSettled
Morning competitor scanMon 06:00 · deepseek-v3.2 · metered gateway
38,210 tok
$0.04
Inbox triage and three draftsMon 07:15 · llama-4-maverick · metered gateway
61,904 tok
$0.07
Refactor the billing importerTue 14:02 · Claude Code · billed on your own key
212,870 tok
$0.00
Example lines, not a real monthModel named on every line
No key needed
ZeroClaw, DeepSeek Harness and Desktop Agent run open-weight models through our metered gateway, priced against your allowance.
Key or proxy
OpenClaw, Browser, Hermes and Flue take your OPENAI_API_KEY or fall back to the proxy. Jobs on your key are itemized but billed by that vendor.
Key required
Claude Code needs your ANTHROPIC_API_KEY — its model isn't resold here. The job record still names the model for the audit trail.
Request the source
Four steps. No account review, no reason.
01 / Revision
Read it off the dashboard
The machine page prints the running server revision and image tag. Copy both.
02 / Ask
Email the request
Name the revision and which part you want — AGPL server, Apache root, or both. No form, no account manager.
03 / Receive
A signed archive
Source, licences, build scripts and config to run the same version. Answered within ten business days.
04 / Verify
Diff against upstream
The archive lists the upstream commits carried, so the fork can be checked with an ordinary diff — not taken on trust.
What we changed
The fork, published — even the unflattering parts.
Published nowComplete source of the running server, on request, with every modification.
Published nowThe upstream commits the fork carries, in the same archive.
In preparationA readable per-release changelog, and a public mirror so a diff needs no request.
Shape of the changesMulti-tenancy, metering and receipts, the scheduler, mail quarantine — additions around the runtime, not rewrites of it.
When the changelog exists it replaces this text, with the date it did.
Inspect it from the inside.
The trial is free. Your dashboard shows the running revision from day one, and the source offer applies to trial machines too.
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