Taw Computer

Name: Taw Computer
Author: the-agents-work

by the-agents-work

Give any AI a real computer. Open source MCP server with Ubuntu sandbox, browser automation, desktop control, and 30+ tools. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop.

12 12 tools GitHub

No known CVEs

MIT license

Stale

Last commit 182d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

12 tools · ~449 tok

Grade A · 0.2% of 200K ctx

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Taw Computer is an MCP server that give any AI a real computer. Open source MCP server with Ubuntu sandbox, browser automation, desktop control, and 30+ tools. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio, sse and http, requires no API key, and scores 62/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

AI / ML Browser

Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients - only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "taw-computer": {
      "args": [
        "tsx",
        "/path/to/taw-computer/mcp/index.ts"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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What Taw Computer does

Not just write code — but open a browser, click buttons, fill forms, run servers, test in real browsers, install anything, and see the screen?

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Taw Computer safe to use?: Taw Computer has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Taw Computer?: Taw Computer supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Taw Computer do?: Taw Computer provides 12 tools: vm_create, vm_destroy, vm_reset, vm_restart, vm_status and 7 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Taw Computer?: Taw Computer is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Taw Computer actively maintained?: Taw Computer is less actively maintained - last commit was 182 days ago. It has 12 GitHub stars.

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What if your AI could do everything you do on a computer?

Not just write code — but open a browser, click buttons, fill forms, run servers, test in real browsers, install anything, and see the screen?

taw-computer is an open-source MCP server that gives AI agents a full Ubuntu desktop inside Docker. Your AI connects, gets a real computer, and works like a human would.

No internal LLM. No chat UI. Your AI is the brain. This is the body.

Why taw-computer?

Other tools let AI write code. taw-computer lets AI use a computer.

ChatGPT / Claude

Cursor / Copilot

Lovable / Bolt

taw-computer

Write code

✅

Run shell commands

❌

Limited

Sandboxed

Full Ubuntu

Browse the web

❌

Real Chromium

See & click the screen

❌

Desktop + VNC

Install any software

❌

apt/npm/pip

Test in real browser

❌

Preview only

Playwright + CDP

Persist across sessions

❌

✅

Snapshots

Self-hostable

❌

100% yours

Quick start

Get running in under 5 minutes:

# 1. Clone & build git clone https://github.com/the-agents-work/taw-computer.git cd taw-computer docker build -f images/Dockerfile.taw -t taw-computer-base . # 2. Install & start npm install && npm start

Then add to your AI client:

Claude Code (~/.claude/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "taw-computer": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["tsx", "/path/to/taw-computer/mcp/index.ts"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to Cursor MCP settings (Settings → MCP Servers) — same JSON format as above.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Taw Computer safe to use?

Taw Computer has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Taw Computer?

Taw Computer supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Taw Computer do?

Taw Computer provides 12 tools: vm_create, vm_destroy, vm_reset, vm_restart, vm_status and 7 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Taw Computer?

Taw Computer is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is Taw Computer actively maintained?

Taw Computer is less actively maintained - last commit was 182 days ago. It has 12 GitHub stars.

Your AI writes code. This lets it use a computer.

Quick Start · Demo · Hosted Version · Contributing · Report Bug

What if your AI could do everything you do on a computer?

Not just write code — but open a browser, click buttons, fill forms, run servers, test in real browsers, install anything, and see the screen?

taw-computer is an open-source MCP server that gives AI agents a full Ubuntu desktop inside Docker. Your AI connects, gets a real computer, and works like a human would.

No internal LLM. No chat UI. Your AI is the brain. This is the body.

Demo

📹 Demo coming soon — star this repo to get notified!

Why taw-computer?

Other tools let AI write code. taw-computer lets AI use a computer.

	ChatGPT / Claude	Cursor / Copilot	Lovable / Bolt	taw-computer
Write code	✅	✅	✅	✅
Run shell commands	❌	Limited	Sandboxed	Full Ubuntu
Browse the web	❌	❌	❌	Real Chromium
See & click the screen	❌	❌	❌	Desktop + VNC
Install any software	❌	❌	❌	apt/npm/pip
Test in real browser	❌	❌	Preview only	Playwright + CDP
Persist across sessions	❌	❌	✅	Snapshots
Self-hostable	❌	❌	❌	100% yours

Quick start

Get running in under 5 minutes:

# 1. Clone & build
git clone https://github.com/the-agents-work/taw-computer.git
cd taw-computer
docker build -f images/Dockerfile.taw -t taw-computer-base .

# 2. Install & start
npm install && npm start

Then add to your AI client:

Claude Code (~/.claude/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "taw-computer": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["tsx", "/path/to/taw-computer/mcp/index.ts"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to Cursor MCP settings (Settings → MCP Servers) — same JSON format as above.

Claude Desktop

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