Both are open source runtime & deploy options with comparable terms, so the choice comes down to which model of the problem you prefer — compare the descriptions below rather than the licence.
One file, one box, everything local. The honest starting point.
The generated docker-compose.yml below is runnable as-is.
Paradigm's self-hosted control plane: one shared team agent, an isolated k8s sandbox per Slack thread, and no raw API keys in the agent's environment.
Brings your own harness — it runs Claude Code, Codex or Amp inside the sandbox rather than replacing them. Credential boundaries mean the agent calls approved services without ever holding the key.
| Docker Compose | Centaur | |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | Open source | Open source |
| Pricing | open source | open source |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| Languages | Any language | Any language |
| Install | — | — |
| Keys required | None | None |
Both are open source runtime & deploy options with comparable terms, so the choice comes down to which model of the problem you prefer — compare the descriptions below rather than the licence. Docker Compose: One file, one box, everything local. The honest starting point. Centaur: Paradigm's self-hosted control plane: one shared team agent, an isolated k8s sandbox per Slack thread, and no raw API keys in the agent's environment.
Docker Compose can run on your own infrastructure. Centaur can run on your own infrastructure.
Docker Compose is open source (open source). Centaur is open source (open source).
Every page here answers to Accept: text/markdown and returns the same content at roughly a tenth the tokens. No separate site, no toggle — same URL.
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