# eigent-ai/eigent

Eigent: The Open Source Cowork Desktop - Local and Free Alternative to Claude Cowork and Codex

Repository: https://github.com/eigent-ai/eigent
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/eigent
Homepage: https://www.eigent.ai
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: agent-framework, agent-skills, agentic-ai, agentic-workflow, claude-cowork, claude-cowork-alternative, claude-cowork-free, desktop-agent, multi-agent-systems
Last push: 2026-08-26T07:32:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 94, longevity 28
- inputs: {"age_days": 400, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 43, "gap_med": 5.0, "n_releases_24m": 33}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 15128, forks 1795 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:09.229345+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: agent-framework, workflow-automation, chat-interface, mcp, web-scraping
- domain: artificial-intelligence, large-language-models, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: 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

## Member repositories
- eigent-ai/eigent (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:09.229345+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:06:36.845379+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/eigent-ai/eigent (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:09.229345+00:00, sha 2ccc56769212)
  - homepage: https://www.eigent.ai (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:01.419542+00:00, sha a8ee2cb8ca15)
  - site_page: https://www.eigent.ai/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:01.431748+00:00, sha ab6b57df53cb)
  - site_page: https://www.eigent.ai/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:01.435157+00:00, sha 3f58fe718e5c)
  - site_page: https://www.eigent.ai/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:01.429167+00:00, sha d642979f1e9f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.