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2025-01-31

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cua

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Run AI agentsRun code in sandboxesChat with AIWrite codeAutomate software development

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Overview

Cua is an open-source computer-use infrastructure project for building agents that interact with desktop and mobile environments. It provides a unified sandbox API for Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, containers, and virtual machines, allowing agents to see screens, run commands, click, type, and perform other computer actions programmatically.

The project also includes Cua Drivers for background computer control, enabling agents to operate native applications without necessarily taking over the user's active cursor or focus. Its tooling is designed to work with agent clients and coding environments through CLI and MCP interfaces, while sandbox abstractions make the same automation code portable across different operating systems and runtimes.

Cua is intended for developers building computer-use agents, GUI automation, benchmarks, and isolated execution environments. By separating agent logic from the underlying machine implementation, it provides a common layer for testing and running agents against real operating systems locally or in cloud infrastructure.

README

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

cua.ai Discord Twitter Documentation
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Choose Your Path

Cua Drivers — background computer-use for any agent
Cua & Cua Sandbox Cua Bench Lume

Building your own agent? Start with Cua · Giving a coding agent a computer? Cua Drivers · Evaluating or training models? Cua Bench · Need macOS VMs? Lume


Cua Drivers - Background computer-use on macOS, Windows, and Linux

Drive native desktop apps in the background. Agents click, type, and verify without stealing the cursor or focus. Use the same CLI and MCP server on macOS, Windows, and Linux from Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenClaw, and custom clients. Linux supports X11 and compositor-specific Wayland routes with explicit limits for raw background input.

macOS / Linux

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://cua.ai/driver/install.sh)"

Windows (PowerShell)

irm https://cua.ai/driver/install.ps1 | iex

Then follow the post-install instructions.

Drive your first app | Installation | CLI Reference

Source documentation, architecture notes, and the optional agent skill pack live in libs/cua-driver/README.md.


Cua - Agent-Ready Sandboxes for Any OS

Build agents that see screens, click buttons, and complete tasks autonomously. One API for any VM or container image — cloud or local.

pip install cua
# Requires Python 3.11 or later
from cua import Sandbox, Image

# Same API regardless of OS or runtime
async with Sandbox.ephemeral(Image.linux()) as sb:   # or .macos() .windows() .android()
    result = await sb.shell.run("echo hello")
    screenshot = await sb.screenshot()
    await sb.mouse.click(100, 200)
    await sb.keyboard.type("Hello from Cua!")
    await sb.mobile.gesture((100, 500), (100, 200))  # multi-touch gestures
Linux containerLinux VMmacOSWindowsAndroidBYOI (.qcow2, .iso)
Cloud (cua.ai)✅✅✅✅✅🔜 soon
Local (QEMU)✅✅✅✅✅✅

Get Started | Examples | API Reference


Cua-Bench - Benchmarks & RL Environments

Evaluate computer-use agents on OSWorld, ScreenSpot, Windows Arena, and custom tasks. Export trajectories for training.

# Clone, install, and create base image
git clone https://github.com/trycua/cua && cd cua/cua-bench
uv tool install -e . && cb image create linux-docker

# Run benchmark with agent
cb run dataset datasets/cua-bench-basic --agent cua-agent --max-parallel 4

Get Started | Partner With Us | Registry | CLI Reference


Lume - macOS Virtualization

Create and manage macOS/Linux VMs with near-native performance on Apple Silicon using Apple's Virtualization.Framework.

# Install Lume
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://cua.ai/lume/install.sh)"

# Create and start a vanilla macOS VM from an Apple restore image
curl -L "$(lume ipsw | tail -n 1)" -o ~/Downloads/macos-tahoe.ipsw
lume create macos-tahoe --ipsw ~/Downloads/macos-tahoe.ipsw --unattended tahoe
lume run macos-tahoe

The --unattended option prepares the installed guest offline. The built-in sequoia and tahoe presets create the lume user, enable SSH, configure autologin, and disable sleep and screen locking. The default credentials are lume / lume.

The Tahoe flow is E2E verified. Sequoia may still open the Accessibility step of Setup Assistant on its first display boot; see issue #2155.

Get Started | FAQ | CLI Reference


Packages

PackageDescription
cua-driverBackground computer-use agent for macOS, Windows, and Linux
cua-agentAI agent framework for computer-use tasks
cua-sandboxSDK for creating and controlling sandboxes
cua-computer-serverDriver for UI interactions and code execution in sandboxes
cua-benchBenchmarks and RL environments for computer-use
lumemacOS/Linux VM management on Apple Silicon
lumierDocker-compatible interface for Lume VMs

Resources

  • Documentation — Guides, examples, and API reference
  • Blog — Tutorials, updates, and research
  • Discord — Community support and discussions
  • GitHub Issues — Bug reports and feature requests
  • Security — Private vulnerability reporting

Citation

If Cua supports your research, please cite the software:

@software{cua2025,
  author  = {{Cua AI, Inc.}},
  title   = {Cua},
  year    = {2025},
  url     = {https://github.com/trycua/cua},
  license = {MIT}
}

For reproducibility, include the Cua release or commit used in your experiments. Citation metadata is also available in CITATION.cff.

Contributing

We welcome contributions! See our Contributing Guidelines for details.

License

MIT License — see LICENSE for details.

Third-party components have their own licenses:

  • Kasm (MIT)
  • OmniParser (CC-BY-4.0)
  • Optional cua-agent[omni] includes ultralytics (AGPL-3.0)

Trademarks

Apple, macOS, Ubuntu, Canonical, and Microsoft are trademarks of their respective owners. This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by these companies.


Thank you to all our GitHub Sponsors!

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