What is Open Cowork and how does it compare to Claude Cowork?

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What is Open Cowork?

Open Cowork is a free, open-source AI agent desktop application for Windows and macOS. It provides a local AI workspace with a user-friendly GUI — no terminal or coding knowledge required.

How is it different from Claude Cowork?

Open Cowork is the open-source implementation of Claude Cowork, with additional features:

Feature	Claude Cowork	Open Cowork
MCP & Skills	Yes	Yes
Multi-Model Support	Claude only	Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, GLM, MiniMax, Kimi
Remote Control (Feishu/Slack)	No	Yes
GUI Automation	No	Yes
VM Sandbox Isolation	No	Yes (WSL2/Lima)
Open Source	No	Yes (MIT)

Quick Start

macOS (Homebrew):

brew tap OpenCoworkAI/tap
brew install --cask --no-quarantine open-cowork

Windows/macOS: Download from Releases

For more details, see the README.