UI TARS Desktop
Official@agent-tars/cli · by bytedance
The Open-Source Multimodal AI Agent Stack: Connecting Cutting-Edge AI Models and Agent Infra
No known CVEs
Apache-2.0 license
Actively maintained
Last commit 22d ago
Works with most clients
Transport: stdio, sse, http
8 tools · ~412 tok
Grade A · 0.2% of 200K ctx
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UI TARS Desktop is an MCP server that the Open-Source Multimodal AI Agent Stack: Connecting Cutting-Edge AI Models and Agent Infra. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio, sse and http, requires no API key, and scores 87/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.
Step 1
Install in your client
Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.
CD
Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+
Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"ui-tars-desktop": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@agent-tars/cli"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
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What UI TARS Desktop does
UI-TARS Desktop by ByteDance. A desktop AI assistant that can see and interact with your screen. Uses vision models to understand UI elements and automate desktop tasks.
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OSV.devNo known CVEs.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is UI TARS Desktop safe to use?
- UI TARS Desktop has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
- How do I install UI TARS Desktop?
- UI TARS Desktop 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 UI TARS Desktop do?
- UI TARS Desktop provides 8 tools: Introduction, News, Documentation, Showcase, Features and 3 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
- What AI clients work with UI TARS Desktop?
- UI TARS Desktop is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
- Is UI TARS Desktop actively maintained?
- UI TARS Desktop is actively maintained — last commit was 22 days ago. It has 38,705 GitHub stars.
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