eigent-ai/eigent
Eigent: The Open Source Cowork Desktop - Local and Free Alternative to Claude Cowork and Codex observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
83/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 94
- Longevity 28
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 5.0
- age_days: 400
- days_rel: 43
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 33
Adoption not part of the score
15128 stars · 1795 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Eigent is an open-source desktop application for building and running AI agent workforces that automate complex multi-step workflows. Built on CAMEL-AI, it supports single-agent or multi-agent parallel execution, MCP and skill integration, browser and terminal toolkits, and local deployment with any model.
Use cases
- automate multi-step research and report generation with AI agents
- run a multi-agent workforce to parallelize complex tasks
- open-source alternative to Claude Cowork for desktop AI agents
- orchestrate browser automation and terminal tasks with agents
- build custom AI workers with domain-specific skills and MCP tools
- keep agent work local and private with my own API keys or local models
- automate enterprise workflows like CRM and ERP tasks with agents
When to choose
- you want a free, open-source desktop AI agent app you can self-host
- you need multi-agent parallel execution with human-in-the-loop checkpoints
- you want model-agnostic agents with MCP and skill/toolkit integration
- you prefer local deployment for privacy over cloud-only agent products
When to avoid
- you need a lightweight headless agent framework embedded in your own codebase
- you require fully hands-off autonomous agents without human oversight
- you only need a simple chatbot without tool use or workflow automation
Facets
application · maturity active
agent-framework workflow-automation chat-interface mcp web-scraping artificial-intelligence large-language-models developer-tools self-hosted cross-platform windows multi-agent cowork camel-ai desktop-agent human-in-the-loop model-agnostic local-deployment agentic-workflow open-source ai-agents automation desktop macos linux nodejs
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/eigent-ai/eigent · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2ccc56769212
- homepage: https://www.eigent.ai · fetched 2026-08-29 · a8ee2cb8ca15
- site_page: https://www.eigent.ai/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · ab6b57df53cb
- site_page: https://www.eigent.ai/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3f58fe718e5c
- site_page: https://www.eigent.ai/pricing · fetched 2026-08-29 · d642979f1e9f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| eigent-ai/eigent | main | 83 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="eigent-ai/eigent")
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