Computer Use Agents

OpenClaw Foundation

OpenClaw

Open-source personal assistant that runs on your own devices, reaches you through the messaging channels you already use, and can take desktop control.

A personal AI assistant developed in the open by a non-profit foundation. It runs a local gateway connecting models, tools and messaging channels — WhatsApp, Slack, iMessage and a long list of others — and can drive the desktop through its computer use mode. Runs on macOS, Linux, Windows via WSL2, and Docker.

Best for

People who want a persistent assistant on their own hardware, reachable from the apps they already have open.

Watch out

Its own documentation is blunt about the risk: tools run on the host for the main session unless you configure sandboxing. Read that setting before you point it at anything sensitive.

Also in the directory

Agent S Open agentic framework for desktop control, with an emphasis on experience-based memory between runs. Claude Computer Use Screenshot-and-control toolset exposed through the Anthropic API. Moves the mouse, types, and reads the screen of a full desktop environment you host yourself. Cua Containerised desktop sandboxes for agents, with a focus on running macOS and Linux environments safely.