1. anthropics-claude-code
153,491 stars+990 this week
Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster by executing…
cua alternatives: 12 Claude Code plugins like trycua/cua
Flowy lists 129 other AI & Agents plugins like cua, ranked by shared technologies, then GitHub stars; nothing in this list is paid.
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How they compare
| Plugin | Stars | 7 days | Updated | License | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cuaThis page | 31,042 | +614 | Oct 27, 2026 | MIT | 6 skills, 1 MCP server |
| 1anthropics-claude-code | 153,491 | +990 | Oct 26, 2026 | not available | 10 skills, 14 agents, 16 commands |
| 2nanobot | 49,436 | +350 | Oct 27, 2026 | MIT | 12 skills |
| 3semble | 6,311 | +57 | Oct 27, 2026 | MIT | 15 agents |
| 4dingtalk-workspace-cli | 3,790 | +69 | Oct 26, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 17 skills |
| 5yoyo-evolve | 1,918 | +1 | Oct 26, 2026 | MIT | 14 skills |
| 6projectatlas | 461 | +5 | Oct 29, 2026 | MIT | 2 skills |
| 7hermes-agent | 257,099 | +2,249 | Oct 26, 2026 | MIT | 58 skills |
| 8cowagent | 47,589 | +155 | Oct 25, 2026 | MIT | 3 skills |
| 9obscura | 29,504 | not available | Oct 27, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 1 skill |
| 10skyvern | 23,288 | +44 | Oct 28, 2026 | AGPL-3.0 | 5 skills |
| 11iii | 18,862 | +20 | Oct 26, 2026 | not available | 8 skills |
| 12openagent | 5,712 | +16 | Oct 25, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 54 skills |
The 12 closest alternatives
2. nanobot
49,436 stars+350 this week
🐈 nanobot is an ultra-lightweight, open-source, self-hosted personal AI agent framework written in Python.
3. semble
6,311 stars+57 this week
Fast and Accurate Code Search for Agents.
4. dingtalk-workspace-cli
3,790 stars+69 this week
DingTalk Workspace is an officially open-sourced cross-platform CLI tool from DingTalk.
5. yoyo-evolve
1,918 stars+1 this week
200 lines of Rust.
6. projectatlas
461 stars+5 this week
Every file not opened.
7. hermes-agent
257,099 stars+2,249 this week
The self-improving AI agent built by Nous Research.
8. cowagent
47,589 stars+155 this week
Open-source personal AI assistant & Agent Harness.
9. obscura
29,504 stars
obscura serve --port 9222 --allow-private-network
10. skyvern
23,288 stars+44 this week
Skyvern was inspired by the Task-Driven autonomous agent design popularized by BabyAGI and AutoGPT -- with one major bonus: we give…
11. iii
18,862 stars+20 this week
What is iii?
12. openagent
5,712 stars+16 this week
⚡️next-generation personal AI assistant powered by LLM, RAG and agent loops, supporting computer-use, browser-use and coding agent, demo…
Questions about cua alternatives
What is the best alternative to cua?
anthropics-claude-code is the first of 12 alternatives to cua by shared technologies: it has 153,491 stars (ahead of cua), gained 990 stars this week and ships 10 skills against 6 for cua.
Which cua alternative has the most skills?
hermes-agent has the most, with 58 skills of the 12 alternatives listed. cua has 6.
Is cua free?
Yes. cua is published under the MIT license, so it is free to use.