Best AI agents for controlling a computer (2026)

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AnythingLLM

Newpersonal agentsOpen source + cloud

Local-first desktop and server app for chatting with your documents, running agents and connecting any LLM.

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UI-TARS-desktop

Newbrowser/computer useOpen source

ByteDance's open-source multimodal agent stack, including a desktop app and Agent TARS for controlling computers and browsers.

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Next AI Draw.io

NewproductivityOpen source

Create and edit draw.io diagrams by chatting with AI, as a web app, desktop app or MCP server.

A

AionUi

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Open-source desktop cowork app that gives a GUI to CLI agents like Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and others.

C

Cua

Newbrowser/computer useOpen source + cloud

Open-source infrastructure for computer-use agents: sandboxes, drivers across operating systems and benchmarks.

H

Happy Coder

NewcodingOpen source

Mobile and desktop app to run and control Claude Code, Codex and other agents using your own subscriptions.

P

Paseo

NewcodingOpen source

Orchestrate multiple coding agents from desktop and mobile.

O

OpenFang

NewframeworksOpen source

Open-source agent operating system for running autonomous agents.

E

Eigent

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Open-source cowork desktop app that runs multi-agent workflows locally.

M

MemOS

NewMCP & infraOpen source

Memory operating system for LLMs and agents with persistent memory and retrieval.

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LobsterAI

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

NetEase Youdao's desktop agent for data analysis, slides, documents and web research.

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TuriX CUA

Newbrowser/computer useOpen source

Computer-use agent that operates desktop apps.

A

AirJelly

Newpersonal agentsFreemium

Always-on desktop assistant that watches your workflow, remembers context and acts proactively.

A

Anchor Action Index

Newbrowser/computer useFreemium

Shared memory of web workflows for Anchor's cloud browsers: computer-use agents replay proven paths as deterministic code and the model only steps in where a page has changed, exposed as tools on Anchor's MCP server and REST API.

A

Arro

Newbrowser/computer useFreemium

Arro, a desktop assistant that guides you through tasks on your computer and repeats them for you.

B

BOSS Console

Newpersonal agentsFreemium

Small operating system for always-on agents with real tools and a chat interface.

E

ElizaOS

NewcryptoOpen source

Open-source TypeScript agent operating system with wallet and on-chain plugins, maintained by Eliza Research.

S

SpoonOS

NewcryptoOpen source

Agent operating system for building Web3-native AI agents.

O

OpenPilot

Newpersonal agentsOpen source

Free desktop agent for any OpenAI-compatible model; edits files and runs commands in a folder with approvals.

H

Holo4 (H Company)

Newbrowser/computer useOpen weights

Open-weight computer-use models (27B and 35B-A3B) released Oct 1.

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Manus

Newpersonal agentsFreemium

General-purpose autonomous agent that does research and tasks in a cloud computer.

O

OpenSwarm

Newbrowser/computer useSee site

AI-first 'operating system' where swarms of agents run apps and browsers in parallel.