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

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Eigent is an open source desktop application described as a local, free alternative to Claude Cowork and Codex. It is a TypeScript-based agent framework for running agentic workflows on the desktop, and it ships an AGENTS.md file.

You want a self-hosted, open source desktop environment for running multi-agent workflows instead of a paid or closed alternative.

Use it to

  • Run agentic workflows locally on a desktop
  • Experiment with multi-agent systems
  • Use AGENTS.md to configure agent behavior
  • Build on an Apache-2.0 licensed agent framework

For Developers exploring open source desktop agent frameworks

Role
agent-framework
Language
TypeScript
Licence
Apache-2.0
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Last push
2026-09-17
Latest release
v0.0.54-test · 2025-08-25
topicsagent-frameworkagentic-aidesktop-agentmulti-agent-systemstypescriptclaude-cowork-alternative