Show HN: Mac-computer-use, an open-source clone of Codex Computer Use

Category: devtools

Tags: desktop-automation, mcp-server, accessibility-api

Score: 6.0/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 5)

An open-source macOS implementation of Codex's Computer Use functionality that provides desktop automation capabilities via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It's interesting because it reverse-engineers a proprietary AI agent interface to make similar desktop control available to other coding assistants through accessibility APIs and native Swift helpers.

Target audience: backend devs, ai-ml engineers

Repository: https://github.com/TheGuyWithoutH/mac-computer-use · Swift · 1 stars

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