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

35 mentions on Hacker News by 11 people: 17 stories, 18 comments · first 2025-02-02 · latest 2026-09-25

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  1. ▲ 1
    A Compositor-Native Approach to Background Computer Use
    story by frabonacci · 2026-09-25 · 0 comments
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    Show HN: CUA-S1 – A System One Model for Computer Use
    story by frabonacci · 2026-09-19 · 10 comments
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    Cua's open-source alternative to Codex Computer History, encrypted locally
    story by frabonacci · 2026-08-18 · 0 comments
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    Apple Silicon and macOS VMs: Faster LLM Inference with llama.cpp
    story by frabonacci · 2026-08-11 · 41 comments
  5. I think there is a yc company for this - https://github.com/trycua/cua
    comment by dhruv3006 · 2026-08-10 · in Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents
  6. …in their distros. :-\ -- 1: https://web.archive.org/web/20260412071019/https://cirruslab... 2: https://github.com/trycua/cua/tree/main/libs/lume
    comment by whimblepop · 2026-06-10 · in Following acquisition by OpenAI, Tart is still proprietary software
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    Windows computer-use: synthetic cursors for background agents
    story by frabonacci · 2026-05-27 · 0 comments
  8. https://github.com/trycua/cua/tree/main/libs/lume had a interesting take on this.
    comment by dhruv3006 · 2026-05-02 · in How fast is a macOS VM, and how small could it be?
  9. …you could definitely build one on top of it. For reference these are some of our integration tests: https://github.com/trycua/cua/tree/main/libs/cua-driver/Test... One useful trick is to cua-driver 'launch_app' instead of the default…
    comment by frabonacci · 2026-04-28 · in Show HN: Drive any macOS app in the background without stealing the cursor
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    Show HN: Drive any macOS app in the background without stealing the cursor
    story by frabonacci · 2026-04-28 · 43 comments
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    macOS window internals: SkyLight enables multi-cursor background agents
    story by frabonacci · 2026-04-23 · 0 comments
  12. …hard. I'd use a knockoff of "blobby the blobfish". [1] see https://github.com/simular-ai/Agent-S or https://github.com/trycua/cua or https://github.com/bytebot-ai/bytebot or https://github.com/microsoft/fara or…
    comment by kristopolous · 2026-02-22 · in Claws are now a new layer on top of LLM agents
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    Show HN: CuaBot – Co-op computer-use for any coding agent
    story by frabonacci · 2026-02-04 · 0 comments
  14. i think https://github.com/trycua/cua has some sort of it working
    comment by vrn21 · 2026-01-28 · in Show HN: I Built a Sandbox for Agents
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    Show HN: Cua-Bench – a benchmark for AI agents in GUI environments
    story by someguy101010 · 2026-01-26 · 8 comments
  16. …computer-use agents: https://cua.ai/docs We went through the comparison with Tart, Lima etc here: https://github.com/trycua/cua/issues/10
    comment by frabonacci · 2026-01-19 · in Show HN: Lume 0.2 – Build and Run macOS VMs with unattended setup
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    Show HN: Lume 0.2 – Build and Run macOS VMs with unattended setup
    story by frabonacci · 2026-01-18 · 44 comments
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    When hackathon judging is a public benchmark: my report from Hack the North
    story by frabonacci · 2025-09-26 · 3 comments
  19. …expose the capability but the underlying Lume CLI does. lume run <VM_NAME> --recovery-mode true: https://github.com/trycua/cua/tree/main/libs/lume#usage
    comment by frabonacci · 2025-05-16 · in Show HN: Lumier – Run macOS VMs in a Docker
  20. …Hub, GitHub Container Registry, and any other OCI-compliant registry. The relevant code is here: https://github.com/trycua/cua/blob/main/libs/lume/src/Contai... And thanks again - really appreciate the interest. I’ll follow up via email,…
    comment by frabonacci · 2025-05-14 · in Show HN: Lumier – Run macOS VMs in a Docker
  21. …can build and host your own Mac base images directly using the lume CLI. See the usage guide at: https://github.com/trycua/cua/tree/main/libs/lume#usage Currently, lume supports pushing to GitHub Container Registry (GHCR). However, it’s…
    comment by frabonacci · 2025-05-14 · in Show HN: Lumier – Run macOS VMs in a Docker
  22. …some users. On a comparison with Tart, UTM, Lima, we actually touch it in this GitHub discussion: https://github.com/trycua/cua/issues/10
    comment by frabonacci · 2025-05-14 · in Show HN: Lumier – Run macOS VMs in a Docker
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    Show HN: Lumier – Run macOS VMs in a Docker
    story by GreenGames · 2025-05-14 · 52 comments
  24. …version of c/ua that also handles VNC and model hosting. Right now we're using the Lume CLI ( https://github.com/trycua/cua/tree/main/libs/lume ) with an API server on the host as a lightweight alternative, but the Docker setup will make…
    comment by frabonacci · 2025-04-24 · in Launch HN: Cua (YC X25) – Open-Source Docker Container for Computer-Use Agents
  25. …ways of reasoning and grounding actions, depending on whether you're using cloud or local models. https://github.com/trycua/cua/tree/main/libs/agent#agent-loo...
    comment by frabonacci · 2025-04-24 · in Launch HN: Cua (YC X25) – Open-Source Docker Container for Computer-Use Agents
  26. If you're running Cua from VS Code or Cursor, have you checked out this issue? https://github.com/trycua/cua/issues/61 Feel free to ping me on Discord (I'm francesco there) - happy to hop on a quick call to help debug:…
    comment by frabonacci · 2025-04-23 · in Launch HN: Cua (YC X25) – Open-Source Docker Container for Computer-Use Agents
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    Launch HN: Cua (YC X25) – Open-Source Docker Container for Computer-Use Agents
    story by frabonacci · 2025-04-23 · 73 comments
  28. …mise and ubi? https://github.com/jdx/mise I have a few pain points with that for installing cua ( https://github.com/trycua/cua/issues/27 ), so if it can remove the initial friction happy to chat!
    comment by frabona · 2025-04-18 · in Show HN: Attune - Build and publish APT repositories in seconds
  29. …local LLM models with Ollama in Agent today - our Computer-use agent framework on macOS. Repo here: https://github.com/trycua/cua Run models like Gemma3, Phi4, Qwen2.5, Llama3.1 & more supported by Ollama, keeping your data completely…
    comment by powerawq103846 · 2025-04-05 · in I built an open source Computer-use framework that uses Local LLMs with Ollama
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    Show HN: Agent – A Local Computer-Use Operator for macOS
    story by f-trycua · 2025-03-30 · 0 comments
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    Show HN: Tlume – a CLI tool that converts Tart VM images for Lume
    story by GreenGames · 2025-03-22 · 2 comments
  32. …and more UI automation features Common Questions: How does this differ from lima, UTM and Tart: https://github.com/trycua/lume/issues/10 How to Install macOS from an IPSW Image: https://github.com/trycua/lume/blob/main/docs/FAQ.md#how-to-..…
    comment by sandropuppo · 2025-02-09
  33. …and more UI automation features Common Questions: - How does this differ from lima, UTM and Tart: https://github.com/trycua/lume/issues/10 - How to Install macOS from an IPSW Image: https://github.com/trycua/lume/blob/main/docs/FAQ.md#how-t…
    comment by f-trycua · 2025-02-09 · in macOS and Linux VMs on Apple Silicon (MIT License)
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    Show HN: OSS Python Framework for Running macOS and Linux VMs on Apple Silicon
    story by f-trycua · 2025-02-05 · 0 comments
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    Show HN: Lume – OS lightweight CLI for MacOS and Linux VMs on Apple Silicon
    story by GreenGames · 2025-02-02 · 75 comments