1. Introduction
Business Forge AI is built on the work of many open-source projects. This page acknowledges those projects, lists their licenses, and includes the copyright notices required by those licenses. We are grateful to the maintainers and contributors of every component listed below.
The components below represent the most significant third-party open-source software used in our platform. Our complete software bill of materials — including every transitive dependency — is available on request (see section 5).
2. Core Open-Source Components
OpenClaw
MIT License · github.com/openclaw/openclaw
OpenClaw powers the AI gateway that runs on each customer droplet, handling conversations, skills, and tool orchestration.
MIT License
Copyright (c) OpenClaw Contributors
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
Paperclip
MIT License · github.com/paperclipai/paperclip
Paperclip is the agent orchestration framework underlying Forge Workforce. It enables autonomous multi-agent companies to coordinate tasks on behalf of our customers.
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2025 Paperclip AI
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
pgvector
PostgreSQL License · github.com/pgvector/pgvector
pgvector provides vector similarity search inside PostgreSQL. It powers the semantic search and embedding storage inside every customer's Second Brain.
PostgreSQL License
Copyright (c) 2021-present Andrew Kane
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without a written agreement
is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this
paragraph and the following two paragraphs appear in all copies.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS,
ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF THE
AUTHOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
THE AUTHOR SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND THE
AUTHOR HAS NO OBLIGATIONS TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES,
ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL License · postgresql.org
PostgreSQL is the relational database that stores your Second Brain, Forge Board, and account data on your dedicated customer droplet.
Node.js, Express, and the JavaScript ecosystem
MIT License (Node.js, Express) · various permissive licenses for ecosystem packages
Business Forge AI is built on the Node.js runtime and uses Express for HTTP services. We use a large number of npm packages licensed under MIT, Apache 2.0, BSD, and ISC. Copyright notices travel with those packages in our deployment artifacts.
React, Tailwind CSS, and frontend libraries
MIT License · various
Our customer portal is built with React, Tailwind CSS, and a range of open-source UI components. Copyright notices for each package travel with our frontend bundles.
3. Other Open-Source Dependencies
Business Forge AI depends on hundreds of additional open-source packages distributed under permissive licenses (MIT, Apache 2.0, BSD, ISC, and similar). These are listed in the package.json and lockfile of each repository in our stack.
We include copyright notices for these dependencies by preserving them inside our deployment bundles (as required by the permissive licenses that cover them). We are happy to provide a complete list on request.