Cyberdesk
Open source API to control a virtual desktop
86 followers
Open source API to control a virtual desktop
86 followers
Cyberdesk is an open source API for building computer agents that control full virtual desktops. Easily start, scale, and send actions to cloud desktops — perfect for building AI employees, desktop extraction workflows, and more.
Cyberdesk
Hey everyone! 👋
We built Cyberdesk to make it dead simple to build and scale computer agents — ones that can actually use real apps on a desktop, just like a human.
This started because we were building AI agents ourselves and realized how painful it is to manage VMs and remote actions for computer use agents. So we built the API we wished existed — and open sourced it.
Cyberdesk lets you spin up full cloud desktops and control them through a clean developer API. Clicks, typing, scrolling — all as simple function calls.
We’d love your feedback. Try it out, break it, and tell us what you think:
🔗 https://cyberdesk.io
📘 https://docs.cyberdesk.io
💻 https://github.com/cyberdesk-hq/...
Thanks for checking us out!
– Alan & Mahmoud
Cyberdesk
We've also launched on Hackernews :) Would appreciate an upvote here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44040689
A really exciting tool for building next-gen AI agents with real desktop-level control.
Cyberdesk
@supa_l Thanks Supa!
This is such a brilliant idea! Cyberdesk seems like the perfect solution for managing AI agents that need to interact with real desktop applications. I love the simplicity of the developer API - it’s great to see that managing cloud desktops and automating desktop tasks can now be done with just a few function calls.
The open-source aspect is a big plus too - it makes the tool even more accessible and customizable for different use cases.
One question I have: how do you handle performance and latency when controlling cloud desktops, especially with tasks that involve real-time interactions like clicks and typing? Would love to hear more about that!
Looking forward to trying it out and seeing how it evolves!
Cyberdesk
@evgenii_zaitsev1 Appreciate it Evgenii! And yes, all of those aspects are things we focused on from the get go.
In terms of performance and latency, it's something we're always improving, but for example we utilized what we call an execution daemon on each VM that handles executing actions quickly.
Let us know if you'd like free access btw, would love to chat and connect!
Virtual desktop control APIs require robust session management and input virtualization—enabling precise remote execution while maintaining state consistency across scaled instances.
Ideaflow
Democratizing computer use agents, way to go! There's a whole ecosystem of agentic app potential here. Wishing you luck on the launch 🙏
Cyberdesk
@cody_hergenroeder thank you Cody!! We really appreciate your support!
I tried Cyberdesk and it’s seriously next-level — being able to control full virtual desktops via API opens up so many possibilities. Whether it’s building AI agents or automating desktop workflows, it’s powerful, flexible, and totally open source. A dream tool for devs building the future of work.
its so hard to do this right now, thanks for making an accesible tool!