Cua
Open-source infrastructure for running computer-use AI agents in sandboxed virtual machines across operating systems.
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About Cua
Cua provides the pieces needed to run computer-use agents, which are AI models that operate a desktop by seeing the screen and using the mouse and keyboard. The project includes open-source drivers, tooling for running fleets of sandboxed machines across different operating systems, and benchmarks for training, evaluating and generating data for such agents.
It is aimed at developers and researchers building or testing computer-use agents rather than at people looking for a ready-made assistant. The repository is very active, with thousands of commits.
Strengths
- Sandboxed virtual machines keep agents away from your own desktop
- Supports fleets across several operating systems
- Includes benchmarks for evaluating agents
- Large, actively developed project
Limitations
- Aimed at developers, not end users
- Requires your own AI model access and setup work
Details
- Pricing
- FreeThe open-source project is free to use.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- Cua
- Platforms
- Self-hosted, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app, Self-hosted
- Best suited for
- Developers building and evaluating computer-use agents
- Categories
- Virtual machines, AI agents, AI developer tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Sources
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