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Updated Nov 1, 2026. Review written Nov 1, 2026 from the project's own sources; usage data refreshed every Monday.

open-computer-use at a glance

Category
MCP and agent tools

Is open-computer-use growing? Usage data

In the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, open-computer-use ranked #73 on the Devtoolwatch Board and #6 in MCP and agent tools, with a momentum score of 70 out of 100.

New GitHub stars per week for open-computer-use12 weeks from Aug 9, 2026: 38, 61, 59, 97, 126, 103, 110, 70, 65, 107, 197, 123 new stars, an average of 96 a week.Aug 9week of Oct 25
New GitHub stars per week for the last 12 weeks, from GitHub's stargazer history (today's stargazers by the week they starred).
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New GitHub stars per week for open-computer-use
Week ofNew stars
Aug 9, 202638
Aug 16, 202661
Aug 23, 202659
Aug 30, 202697
Sep 6, 2026126
Sep 13, 2026103
Sep 20, 2026110
Sep 27, 202670
Oct 4, 202665
Oct 11, 2026107
Oct 18, 2026197
Oct 25, 2026123

The Board ranks tools by four signals each week: new stars, new stars for the repo's size, added downloads and download growth beyond the market. How the ranking works.

open-computer-use alternatives

Other MCP servers and agent tools on the Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum:

MCP and agent tools ranked by momentum, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026
RankToolStarsDownloads/wk
#1REAREA is an MCP server and CLI that lets coding agents reverse engineer native binaries, JavaScript and Electron apps, .NET assemblies,…415.5k760.6k
#2ha-mcpha-mcp is an unofficial Model Context Protocol server that lets AI assistants control and manage Home Assistant using natural language.5.4k118.1k
#3TregTreg is a registry and proxy that gives AI agents one token for a catalog of paid third-party API endpoints and team-shared tools.6.9k6.7k
#4Chrome DevTools MCPChrome DevTools MCP is an MCP server and CLI that lets coding agents control and inspect a live Chrome browser using Chrome DevTools.54.6k2.7M
#5codebase-memory-mcpHigh-performance code intelligence MCP server. Indexes codebases into a persistent knowledge graph — average repo in milliseconds. 162…47.9k–
#7Unity MCPUnity MCP is an open-source bridge that lets AI assistants control the Unity Editor through the Model Context Protocol.15.6k–

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open-computer-use FAQ

How popular is open-computer-use?

open-computer-use has 2.8k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 123 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 96 a week. That made it #6 among MCP servers and agent tools on the Devtoolwatch Board.

What are the best alternatives to open-computer-use?

Other MCP servers and agent tools on the Devtoolwatch Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum: REA (#1), ha-mcp (#2), Treg (#3), Chrome DevTools MCP (#4), codebase-memory-mcp (#5). The alternatives table above has their numbers.

Sources

  1. Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026

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