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microsoft/OmniParser

A simple screen parsing tool towards pure vision based GUI agent observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/microsoft/OmniParser · Jupyter Notebook · CC-BY-4.0 (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

60/100

  • Activity 93
  • Release rhythm 23
  • Longevity 50
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 105.5
  • age_days: 712
  • days_rel: 355
  • days_push: 45
  • n_releases_24m: 3

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

25310 stars · 2223 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

OmniParser is a screen parsing tool from Microsoft that converts UI screenshots into structured, understandable elements to ground vision-language models for GUI automation. It includes detection models for interactable regions and icons, enabling pure vision-based computer-use agents.

Use cases

  • parse ui screenshots into structured elements
  • build a computer use agent that controls a gui
  • ground llm actions to screen regions
  • detect clickable icons and elements in screenshots
  • automate desktop apps with vision models
  • create training data for gui agents

When to choose

  • you need vision-based ui element detection and grounding for screen automation
  • you want to drive a gui agent with models like GPT-4V, Qwen-VL, or Claude computer use
  • you need state-of-the-art screen grounding benchmarks performance

When to avoid

  • you need DOM/accessibility-tree based automation rather than pure vision
  • you need a production-ready end-user automation product rather than models and notebooks
  • you cannot run GPU inference for the detection models

Facets

library · maturity active

computer-vision machine-learning ocr agent-framework image-processing computer-vision artificial-intelligence large-language-models python cross-platform gui-parsing screen-understanding ui-element-detection vision-language-models computer-use-agents screenshot-parsing ai-agents gpu

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