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    trycua/cua

    #189 this week

    Scale computer-use 2.0 with open-source drivers, cross-OS sandboxes, and benchmarks for training, evaluation, and data generation.

    ai-agents
    ios
    devops
    agent
    ai-agent
    apple
    computer-use
    computer-use-agent
    Rust
    MIT
    30.9K stars
    2.3K forks
    30.9K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 25, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    Ranks #189 of 525 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 36%).

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest today, with 149 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #22 in the weekly ranking the week of Jul 19, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Enables AI agents to control full operating systems in virtual containers for automation, training, evaluation, and data generation.
    • Provides a consistent cross-OS API and cloud/local deployment for managing virtual machines and running computer-use AI agents.
    • Use for automating desktop tasks across Windows, macOS, and Linux environments with a pyautogui-like interface.
    • Use for benchmarking and evaluating AI computer-use models on standardized datasets with minimal setup.
    • Use for developing and deploying AI agents that combine UI grounding and planning models for complex OS interactions.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    We’re hosting the Computer-Use Agents SOTA Challenge at Hack the North and online!

    Track A (On-site @ UWaterloo): Reserved for participants accepted to Hack the North. 🏆 Prize: YC interview guaranteed. Track B (Remote): Open to everyone worldwide. 🏆 Prize: Cash award.

    👉 Sign up here: trycua.com/hackathon

    cua ("koo-ah") is Docker for Computer-Use Agents - it enables AI agents to control full operating systems in virtual containers and deploy them locally or to the cloud.

    Missing a model? Raise a feature request or contribute!

    Excerpt from the trycua/cua README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Sep 20: +887Sep 21: +565Sep 22: +209Oct 2: +111Oct 3: +146Oct 4: +104Oct 5: +126Oct 6: +267Oct 7: +245Oct 8: +344Oct 9: +154Oct 10: +111Oct 11: +99Oct 12: +46Oct 13: +96Oct 14: +118Oct 15: +116Oct 16: +123Oct 17: +99Oct 18: +71Oct 19: +97Oct 20: +88Oct 21: +212Oct 22: +137Oct 23: +122Oct 24: +112Oct 25: +68

    +10,056 stars over 86 days across 34 snapshot days; best day +887 on Sep 20.

    Forks

    2.3K+851

    Open issues

    1.3K+689

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