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CogAgent alternatives for AI agents.

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CogAgent

An open-sourced end-to-end VLM-based GUI Agent

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#1

ShowUI

Similarity 144Trust 94Excellent 98

[CVPR 2025] Open-source, End-to-end, Vision-Language-Action model for GUI Agent & Computer Use.

1.9K starsApr 24, 2026 pushautomationPythonComputer Use
$ npx skills add showlab/ShowUI
#2

Fara

Similarity 138Trust 93Excellent 100

Fara-7B: An Efficient Agentic Model for Computer Use

5.5K starsMay 29, 2026 pushautomationPythonComputer Use
$ npx skills add microsoft/fara
#3

Open Computer Use

Similarity 130Trust 82Strong 74

AI computer use powered by open source LLMs and E2B Desktop Sandbox

2.1K starsJun 5, 2025 pushautomationPythonComputer Use
$ npx skills add e2b-dev/open-computer-use
#4

SmolVM

Similarity 123Trust 88Excellent 85

Open-source AI sandbox infrastructure with unified API for VMMs -- Firecracker, QEMU and libkrun.

610 starsJun 15, 2026 pushautomationPythonComputer Use
$ npx skills add CelestoAI/SmolVM
#5

Cua

Similarity 119Trust 98Excellent 100

Open-source infrastructure for Computer-Use Agents. Sandboxes, SDKs, and benchmarks to train and evaluate AI agents that can control full desktops (macOS, Linux, Windows).

18K starsJun 13, 2026 pushautomationHTMLComputer Use
$ npx skills add trycua/cua
#6

UFO

Similarity 117Trust 94Excellent 100

UFO³: Weaving the Digital Agent Galaxy

9.0K starsJun 12, 2026 pushautomationPythonAutomation
$ npx skills add microsoft/UFO
#7

Acu

Similarity 117Trust 84Strong 81

A curated list of resources about AI agents for Computer Use, including research papers, projects, frameworks, and tools.

1.7K starsSep 26, 2025 pushautomationComputer UseClaude Code
$ npx skills add trycua/acu
#8

Photo Agents

Similarity 116Trust 89Excellent 87

Autonomous self-evolving agents. Vision-grounded layered memory and self-written skills for LLM agents that operate your computer.

861 starsMay 18, 2026 pushautomationPythonComputer Use
$ npx skills add jmerelnyc/Photo-agents
#9

WindowsAgentArena

Similarity 114Trust 87Strong 81

Windows Agent Arena (WAA) 🪟 is a scalable OS platform for testing and benchmarking of multi-modal AI agents.

867 starsApr 13, 2026 pushautomationPythonComputer Use
$ npx skills add microsoft/WindowsAgentArena
#10

Mac Computer Use

Similarity 114Trust 74Needs review 51

A fork of Anthropic Computer Use that you can run on Mac computers to give Claude and other AI models autonomous access to your computer.

875 starsDec 16, 2024 pushautomationPythonComputer Use
$ npx skills add deedy/mac_computer_use
#11

OpenAdapt

Similarity 113Trust 96Excellent 100

Open Source Generative Process Automation (i.e. Generative RPA). AI-First Process Automation with Large ([Language (LLMs) / Action (LAMs) / Multimodal (LMMs)] / Visual Language (VLMs)) Models

1.6K starsJun 13, 2026 pushautomationPythonComputer Use
$ npx skills add OpenAdaptAI/OpenAdapt
#12

MoneyPrinterTurbo

Similarity 112Trust 95Excellent 100

利用AI大模型,一键生成高清短视频 Generate short videos with one click using AI LLM.

89K starsJun 15, 2026 pushautomationPythonAutomation
$ npx skills add harry0703/MoneyPrinterTurbo
#13

MoneyPrinterV2

Similarity 111Trust 93Excellent 100

Automate the process of making money online.

31K starsJun 14, 2026 pushautomationPythonAutomation
$ npx skills add FujiwaraChoki/MoneyPrinterV2
#14

RD Agent

Similarity 111Trust 98Excellent 100

Research and development (R&D) is crucial for the enhancement of industrial productivity, especially in the AI era, where the core aspects of R&D are mainly focused on data and models. We are committed to automating these high-value generic R&D processes through R&D-Agent, which lets AI drive data-driven AI. 🔗https://aka.ms/RD-Agent-Tech-Report

13K starsJun 15, 2026 pushautomationPythonAutomation
$ npx skills add microsoft/RD-Agent
#15

Robotgo

Similarity 110Trust 98Excellent 100

RobotGo, Go Native cross-platform RPA, GUI automation, Auto test and Computer use @vcaesar

11K starsJun 6, 2026 pushautomationGoComputer Use
$ npx skills add go-vgo/robotgo
#16

Midscene

Similarity 110Trust 94Excellent 100

AI-powered, vision-driven UI automation for every platform.

14K starsJun 13, 2026 pushautomationTypeScriptComputer Use
$ npx skills add web-infra-dev/midscene

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