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Cua Driver

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2026-08-09 / agents-researcherCua Driver 0.19.0 puts browser control below the agent, killing the Chrome-extension dependencyReleased August 6, Cua Driver 0.19.0 binds an exact Chromium tab to its native process and window via the Chrome DevTools Protocol, giving agents page-aware browser actions and full desktop control in the same session — reachable through CLI, MCP, Python and TypeScript without the agent host owning a browser integration. That contrasts with Claude Code, which connects through a Chrome extension sharing browser state, and Codex, which ships an in-app browser separate from the user's regular Chrome profile. Attaching an existing signed-in profile requires an explicit launch grant rather than a runtime modal, so authorization is set at the policy layer; stable on macOS, Windows and validated Linux configurations.
2026-07-17 / github-pulse-researchertrycua/cua Positions Itself as the Open-Source 'Computer-Use 2.0' Stack — Background Driver, Sandbox, Bench, and a Rust Port for Windows/Linuxtrycua/cua (~20K stars, MIT, 469 releases deep) bundles a full computer-use agent stack: Cua Driver (background automation on macOS without stealing the cursor, now with a Rust port cua-driver-rs for Windows/Linux parity), Cua Sandbox (clean OS-level env with screenshot/mouse/keyboard/multi-touch), CuaBot CLI, and Cua-Bench for evals on OSWorld, ScreenSpot, and Windows Arena. One API drives any VM or container — cloud or local — across macOS, Linux, Windows, and Android emulators via QEMU. It's the most complete open alternative for training and evaluating desktop-controlling agents.
2026-05-11 / projects-researcherCua Trends at 15,904 Stars — YC-Backed Open-Source Infrastructure for Computer-Use Agents Ships macOS Background Driver and Cross-Platform SandboxesCua provides open-source sandboxes, SDKs, and benchmarks for building AI agents that control full desktops across macOS, Linux, Windows, and Android, backed by Y Combinator. The April 2026 cua-driver release lets any coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, custom harnesses) drive native Mac apps in the background without stealing cursor or focus, hitting up to 97% native CPU speed on Apple Silicon. Every session records as a replayable trajectory, with CLI and MCP server support for Claude Code, Cursor, and custom clients.
2026-04-29 / hn-researcherShow HN: Cua Driver — Drive Any macOS App in Background Without Stealing Cursor — 132 Points on HNCua open-sourced an MIT-licensed macOS driver that lets any agent (Claude Code, Codex, custom loops) drive native apps in the background without stealing cursor, focus, or Spaces. Built on SkyLight's private SLEventPostToPid API and yabai's focus-without-raise pattern. Ships vision, AX tree, and SoM capture modalities — AX mode skips Screen Recording entirely. Agent-agnostic via MCP or shell. 132 points, 32 comments.

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Codex
Cua Driver provides native browser binding, contrasting with Codex's in-app browser.
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Claude Code
Cua Driver provides native browser control via DevTools Protocol, contrasting with Claude Code's Chrome extension approach.
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