Open Cowork

open-cowork is an open-source desktop AI collaboration workspace built with Tauri and React. It brings agent-style workflows to the desktop with explicit permissions, streaming output, and session-based context for everyday tasks and development work.

Overview

• Local-first desktop agent environment with visible tool execution
• Session-based workflows with working directory binding
• Streaming output and Markdown rendering for long-running tasks
• Provider-agnostic support for Anthropic and OpenAI APIs

Demo

[](https://youtu.be/xZcm3pDD9NA)

Features

• Desktop-first UI with low overhead
• Multi-provider support (Anthropic/OpenAI)
• Token streaming with Markdown rendering
• Tool execution with approval modes
• Session management with working directory binding

Download

• Releases: https://github.com/jiji262/open-cowork/releases

Quick Start (Source)

Requirements

• Node.js 18+ or Bun
• Rust toolchain (cargo)
• Tauri CLI (cargo tauri)

Install and Run

git clone https://github.com/jiji262/open-cowork.git
cd open-cowork

bun install
bun run tauri:dev

Build (Binary)

bun run tauri:build

Provider Setup

Open the settings panel and configure API keys and model names:

• Anthropic: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
• OpenAI: gpt-4o, gpt-4.1

Settings are stored locally on the machine.

Security Model

• Tool calls are visible in the UI
• Approval modes: auto-run or ask first
• Confirm before destructive actions

Tech Stack

Layer	Tech
Desktop	Tauri 2.x
UI	React 19 + Tailwind CSS 4
State	Zustand
Backend