Alternatives to UI-TARS Desktop

An open-source desktop GUI agent from ByteDance that operates your computer using multimodal AI models. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as UI-TARS Desktop.

  • Cua

    Open-source infrastructure for running computer-use AI agents in sandboxed virtual machines across operating systems.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hostedCommand line

    Cua runs computer-use agents inside sandboxed virtual machines across several operating systems, keeping agents off your own desktop, but targets developers.

  • Agent Zero

    A self-hosted personal AI agent framework that uses the computer as a tool and runs in Docker.

    FreeProprietarySelf-hosted

    Agent Zero is a self-hosted Docker agent that uses the computer as a tool through code and a web interface rather than visual screen control.

  • GAIA

    AMD's open-source app for building and running local AI agents on Ryzen AI PCs.

    FreeOpen sourceWindows

    GAIA is AMD's open-source app for running local agents on Ryzen AI PCs, Windows only, oriented toward building agents rather than screen control.

  • Goose

    Run an extensible AI assistant on your desktop or in a terminal.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Goose is an Apache-licensed desktop and terminal assistant that acts through MCP extensions rather than seeing and clicking the screen, and adds Linux support.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.