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How to install on Linux

trycua/cua

Scale computer-use 2.0 with open-source drivers, cross-OS sandboxes, and benchmarks for training, evaluation, and data generation.

Node.jsPython#agent#ai-agent#apple#computer-use

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (MIT).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release cua-spacesd-v0.15.3, today.
Can I trust it?: Widely used32k stars, 1 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 32,208
Activity: Updated this month

Saved setup from 9 h ago

Will it work on Linux?

Yes, it installs on your Linux

A ready-made Linux download is in the latest release.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗cua.aiThe project's own site.

Download for Linux

cua-spacesd 0.15.3 · 11/12/2026 ↗

cua-spacesd-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

tar.gz · x64 · 41.7 MB · 21 downloads · best match

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/trycua/cua/releases/download/cua-spacesd-v0.15.3/cua-spacesd-linux-x86_64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "cua-spacesd-linux-x86_64.tar.gz"

Other Linux downloads (11)

cua-spacesd-linux-static-x86_64.tar.gz

tar.gz · x64 · 13.2 MB · 5 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/trycua/cua/releases/download/cua-spacesd-v0.15.3/cua-spacesd-linux-static-x86_64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "cua-spacesd-linux-static-x86_64.tar.gz"

cua-spacesd-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz

tar.gz · x64 · 41.7 MB · 4 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/trycua/cua/releases/download/cua-spacesd-v0.15.3/cua-spacesd-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "cua-spacesd-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"

cua-spacesd-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz

tar.gz · x64 · 13.2 MB · 4 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/trycua/cua/releases/download/cua-spacesd-v0.15.3/cua-spacesd-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "cua-spacesd-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"

cua-spacesd-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz

tar.gz · ARM64 · 43.2 MB · 5 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/trycua/cua/releases/download/cua-spacesd-v0.15.3/cua-spacesd-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "cua-spacesd-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"

cua-spacesd-linux-aarch64.tar.gz

tar.gz · ARM64 · 43.2 MB · 20 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/trycua/cua/releases/download/cua-spacesd-v0.15.3/cua-spacesd-linux-aarch64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "cua-spacesd-linux-aarch64.tar.gz"

cua-spacesd-linux-static-aarch64.tar.gz

tar.gz · ARM64 · 12.4 MB · 4 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/trycua/cua/releases/download/cua-spacesd-v0.15.3/cua-spacesd-linux-static-aarch64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "cua-spacesd-linux-static-aarch64.tar.gz"

cua-spacesd-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz

tar.gz · ARM64 · 12.4 MB · 5 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/trycua/cua/releases/download/cua-spacesd-v0.15.3/cua-spacesd-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "cua-spacesd-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"

cua-spacesd-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

binary · x64 · 131.7 MB · 5 downloads

Raw binary — move it onto your PATH.

curl -LO "https://github.com/trycua/cua/releases/download/cua-spacesd-v0.15.3/cua-spacesd-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
chmod +x "cua-spacesd-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"

cua-spacesd-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl

binary · x64 · 35.6 MB · 7 downloads

Raw binary — move it onto your PATH.

curl -LO "https://github.com/trycua/cua/releases/download/cua-spacesd-v0.15.3/cua-spacesd-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl"
chmod +x "cua-spacesd-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl"

cua-spacesd-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu

binary · ARM64 · 124.6 MB · 5 downloads

Raw binary — move it onto your PATH.

curl -LO "https://github.com/trycua/cua/releases/download/cua-spacesd-v0.15.3/cua-spacesd-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"
chmod +x "cua-spacesd-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"

cua-spacesd-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl

binary · ARM64 · 30.8 MB · 7 downloads

Raw binary — move it onto your PATH.

curl -LO "https://github.com/trycua/cua/releases/download/cua-spacesd-v0.15.3/cua-spacesd-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl"
chmod +x "cua-spacesd-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl"

Install with a package manager

install script

curl -fsSL https://cua.ai/install.sh | sh

Pipes a remote script into your shell. Read it before running.

pipx / uv

uv tool install 'cua-bench[browser]'

pip

pip install cua

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Parts list

1×Node.js 22runtime
1×Python <3.14,>=3.12runtime
1×pnpm pnpm@9.0.4package manager
1×uv package manager

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Good to know

Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: .github/scripts/cua-driver-mcp-compat/modern-client/package.json, .github/scripts/cua-driver-mcp-compat/package.json, apps/cua-spaces-desktop/package.json, apps/cua-spaces-mobile/core/Cargo.toml and 11 more

Details

License: MIT
Open issues: 1,439
Branch: main

package.json scripts (2)

prettier:checkprettier --check '**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,json,md,mdx,yaml,yml}'
prettier:formatprettier --write '**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,json,md,mdx,yaml,yml}'

Files we read (11)

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

.github/workflows/cd-cua-spaces-build.yml

.github/workflows/ci-bench-ale-compat.yml

.github/workflows/ci-bench-and-compare-links.yml

.github/workflows/ci-cache-hygiene.yml

.github/workflows/ci-cache-warm.yml

.github/workflows/ci-check-docs-image-refs.yml

Makefile

README.md

package.json

pyproject.toml

11,670 files in the repo