screenpipe vs UI-TARS-desktop
Side-by-side comparison of two AI agent tools
Short answer
- UI-TARS-desktop is growing faster: +220 GitHub stars in the last 30 days vs +130 for screenpipe.
- Pick screenpipe for: yC (S26) | Open Computer History | Record your screen continuously locally and provide context to your agents. Pick UI-TARS-desktop for: the Open-Source Multimodal AI Agent Stack: Connecting Cutting-Edge AI Models and Agent Infra.
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screenpipeopen-source
YC (S26) | Open Computer History | Record your screen continuously locally and provide context to your agents (Claude, Codex, Openclaw, Hermes, Runner...)
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UI-TARS-desktopopen-source
The Open-Source Multimodal AI Agent Stack: Connecting Cutting-Edge AI Models and Agent Infra
Metrics
| screenpipe | UI-TARS-desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 21.8k | 39.2k |
| Star velocity /mo | 130 | 220 |
| Commits (90d) | 2.8k | 5 |
| Releases (6m) | 10 | 0 |
| Downloads (30d, npm + PyPI) | 30.8K | — |
| Overall score | 0.7762751608008367 | 0.49473412001725936 |
FAQ
- Which is more popular, screenpipe or UI-TARS-desktop?
- UI-TARS-desktop has more GitHub stars (39,194 vs 21,796).
- Which is more actively developed, screenpipe or UI-TARS-desktop?
- screenpipe had more commits in the last 90 days (2,810 vs 5).
- Should I use screenpipe or UI-TARS-desktop?
- Compare their capabilities, limitations and "best for" notes above. Both are open source, so trying each on a small task is the fastest way to decide.