---
title: "UI-TARS-desktop"
type: "tool"
slug: "bytedance-ui-tars-desktop"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/bytedance-ui-tars-desktop"
github_url: "https://github.com/bytedance/UI-TARS-desktop"
homepage_url: "https://agent-tars.com"
stars: 37772
forks: 3801
primary_language: "TypeScript"
license: "Apache-2.0"
categories: ["ai-agents"]
tags: ["mm", "computer-use", "cowork", "browser-use", "agent-tars", "gui-agent", "multimodal", "mcp"]
updated_at: "2026-07-07T18:19:14.542092+00:00"
---

# UI-TARS-desktop

> An Open-Source Multimodal AI Agent Stack

UI-TARS-desktop is a desktop application offering a native GUI Agent built on the UI-TARS model, supporting local and remote operations for seamless use in various environments.

## Facts

- Repository: https://github.com/bytedance/UI-TARS-desktop
- Homepage: https://agent-tars.com
- Stars: 37,772 · Forks: 3,801 · Open issues: 406 · Watchers: 278
- Primary language: TypeScript
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last pushed: 2026-07-01T03:03:19+00:00

## Categories

- [AI Agents](/categories/ai-agents.md)

## Tags

mm, computer-use, cowork, browser-use, agent-tars, gui-agent, multimodal, mcp

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## README (excerpt)

```text
<picture>
  <img alt="Agent TARS Banner" src="./images/tars.png">
</picture>

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## Introduction

English | [简体中文](./README.zh-CN.md)



<b>TARS<sup>\*</sup></b> is a Multimodal AI Agent stack, currently shipping two projects: [Agent TARS](#agent-tars) and [UI-TARS-desktop](#ui-tars-desktop):

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  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th width="50%" align="center"><a href="#agent-tars">Agent TARS</a></th>
      <th width="50%" align="center"><a href="#ui-tars-desktop">UI-TARS-desktop</a></th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td align="center">
        <video src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c9489936-afdc-4d12-adda-d4b90d2a869d" width="50%"></video>
      </td>
      <td align="center">
        <video src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e0914ce9-ad33-494b-bdec-0c25c1b01a27" width="50%"></video>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="left">
        <b>Agent TARS</b> is a general multimodal AI Agent stack, it brings the power of GUI Agent and Vision into your terminal, computer, browser and product.
        <br>
        <br>
        It primarily ships with a <a href="https://agent-tars.com/guide/basic/cli.html" target="_blank">CLI</a> and <a href="https://agent-tars.com/guide/basic/web-ui.html" target="_blank">Web UI</a> for usage.
        It aims to provide a workflow that is closer to human-like task completion through cutting-edge multimodal LLMs and seamless integration with various real-world <a href="https://agent-tars.com/guide/basic/mcp.html" target="_blank">MCP</a> tools.
      </td>
      <td align="left">
        <b>UI-TARS Desktop</b> is a desktop application that provides a native GUI Agent based on the <a href="https://github.com/bytedance/UI-TARS" target="_blank">UI-TARS</a> model.
        <br>
        <br>
        It primarily ships a
        <a href="https://github.com/bytedance/UI-TARS-desktop/blob/main/docs/quick-start.md#get-model-and-run-local-operator" target="_blank">local</a> and 
        <a href="https://github.com/bytedance/UI-TARS-desktop/blob/main/docs/quick-start.md#run-remote-operator" target="_blank">remote</a> computer as well as browser operators.
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## Table of Contents




- [News](#news)
- [Agent TARS](#agent-tars)
  - [Showcase](#showcase)
  - [Core Features](#core-features)
  - [Quick Start](#quick-start)
  - [Documentation](#documentation)
- [UI-TARS Desktop](#ui-tars-desktop)
  - [Showcase](#showcase-1)
  - [Features](#features)
  - [Quick Start](#quick-start-1)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [License](#license)
- [Citation](#citation)



## News

- **\[2025-11-05\]** 🎉 We're excited to announce the release of [Agent TARS CLI v0.3.0](https://github.com/bytedance/UI-TARS-desktop/releases/tag/v0.3.0)! This version brings streaming support for multiple tools (shell commands, multi-file structured display), runtime settings with timing statistics for tool calls and deep thinking, Event Stream Viewer for data flow tracking and debugging. Additionally, it features exclusive support for [AIO agent Sandbox](https://github.com/agent-infra/sandbox) as isolated all-in-one tools execution environment.
- **\[2025-06-25\]** We released an Agent TARS Beta and Agent TARS CLI - [Introducing Agent TARS Beta](https://agent-tars.com/blog/2025-06-25-introducing-agent-tars-beta.html), a multimodal AI agent that aims to explore a work form that is closer to human-like task completion through rich multimodal capabilities (such as GUI Agent, Vision) and seamless integration with various real-world tools.
- **\[2025-06-12\]** - 🎁 We are thrilled to announce the release of UI-TARS Desktop v0.2.0! This update introduces two powerful new features: **Remote Computer Operator** and **Remote Browser Operator**—both completely free. No configuration required: simply click to remotely control any computer or browser, and experience a new level of convenience and intelligence.
- **\[2025-04-17\]** - 🎉 We're thrilled to announce the re
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**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/tools/bytedance-ui-tars-desktop`](/api/graphcanon/tools/bytedance-ui-tars-desktop)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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