OpenWork
- About
- Open-source desktop app where AI agents do real work on your files. Open-source alternative to Claude Cowork and OpenAI Codex.
- Catalogue
- No. 315
- Category
- AI
- GitHub stars
- ★ 0

Overview
OpenWork is a desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux where AI agents work on your own files, positioned as an open-source alternative to Claude Cowork. It is built on OpenCode and works with any model: more than 50 providers, your own API keys, or local models through Ollama.
What it does well
OpenWork keeps your files local, with the cloud optional. Teams can share skills and MCP servers, and an OpenWork MCP brings the same skills, plugins and connected services into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents. Skills, Claude-compatible plugins and MCP servers from a Claude Cowork setup carry over. Organizations can self-host the team control plane to publish capabilities and manage access.
Why it’s in the collection
OpenWork brings the Claude Cowork way of working to any model, including local ones, and lets a team share one set of skills and tools across the agents they already use. The desktop app is MIT-licensed; enterprise features sit in a separate folder under their own license.
On GitHub
- Stars
- 0
- Forks
- 0
- Commits
- 0
- Repository
- different-ai/openwork
Languages
- TypeScript 85.5%
- JavaScript 8.1%
- MDX 1.8%
- Swift 1.8%
- Other 2.8%
Compared with
Claude CoworkAnthropic's desktop agent that works on your files.
OpenAI CodexOpenAI's coding and computer-use agent.
ManusHosted general-purpose AI agent.
See every open-source alternative to Claude Cowork and OpenAI Codex in the collection.



