cowork-os

Public Adoption Signals

Generated 2026-09-19T08:00:40.368Z. These are public GitHub/npm adoption signals, not active-user or in-app telemetry numbers. All-time values are shown only where the source API provides lifetime coverage. Full report.

Why CoWork OS?

• AI super app for real work — CoWork OS keeps coding, email, research, browser testing, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDFs, channels, devices, automations, memory, providers, and approvals in one governed workspace.
• Open multi-provider harness — Connect supported provider accounts, API keys, compatible gateways, cloud credentials, or local models, then keep the same CoWork tools, skills, memory, agents, approvals, artifacts, and workflows as model routes change. CoWork is free; provider charges and terms still apply. Models & Access
• GUI-first, CLI-capable agent operations — Agents Hub, Mission Control, task timelines, visual boards, teams, devices, and automations remain the main operator console, while the cowork CLI gives terminal users the same local runtime for quick prompts and one-shot tasks.
• First-class cowork CLI — Type cowork for an interactive terminal UI or cowork run "task" for a local one-shot run. Normal local CLI use shares desktop provider/settings state and does not require a Control Plane token; --remote is the explicit token-gated path. CoWork CLI
• Long-running agent runtime — Chat, Execute, Plan, Analyze, Verified, Think With Me, Collaborative, Multi-LLM, Mixture of Agents, /multitask, structured input cards, Side Chat, adaptive recovery, and visible routing/fallback state make agent work inspectable while it is running. Chat mode · Mixture of Agents · Side Chat · Multitask
• Everything Workbench — Generated documents, spreadsheets, decks, web pages, PDFs, previews, and file outputs open beside the agent with follow-up context, so everyday knowledge work can be created and revised inside CoWork. Learn more
• Developer workbench — Real xterm.js + node-pty terminal tabs, title-bar terminal/browser toggles, Browser Workbench, responsive Browser V2 automation, screenshots, diagnostics, and visible web testing keep repo work, CLI work, and live app QA in the same workspace. Terminal Tabs · Browser Workbench
• Inbox and channels — Inbox Agent handles local-first mail triage, Ask Inbox evidence search, drafts, send/reply/forward, commitments, and @Inbox routing, while the gateway supports 17 messaging channels with specialization by workspace, agent role, guidance, and tool policy. Inbox Agent · Channels
• Visual automation and memory loop — The main-sidebar Automation Studio builds versioned, testable flows with variables, branches, approvals, and durable activity, while Workflow Intelligence, Heartbeat, Reflection, Dreaming, Suggestions, AI Playbook, Chronicle, Knowledge Graph, durable runtime context, and Usage Insights form the reviewable learning loop. Automation Studio · Workflow Intelligence · Chronicle
• Box Brain for source-backed company knowledge — Opt-in background indexing from one Box folder through Hosted MCP, incremental private local recall with preserved Box URLs, and reviewable Dreaming candidates. Box remains canonical and the background index never writes back to Box. Box Brain
• Integrations, model routes, and skills — Dozens of provider routes, configurable fallback chains, Mixture of Agents presets, provider-aware prompt caching, MCP connectors, bundled packs, built-in skills, Composer @ mentions, message-box / shortcuts, Plugin Store, Skill Store, and external skill directories make the app extensible without giving up local control. Models & Access · Mixture of Agents · Plugin Packs
• Governed access profiles — Codex-style Ask for approval, Approve for me, Full access, and Custom profiles combine sandbox, approval, reviewer, network, filesystem, and domain policy. Command tools follow the selected profile; new tasks have no separate shell enable/disable switch. Access Profiles
• Ops and portability — Zero-Human Company Ops, Digital Twin personas, managed devices, remote access, app profiles, profile import/export, and best-fit workflow packs support both personal work and founder/operator-style autonomous company loops.
• Local-first security — Workspace state and encrypted credentials are stored locally. Credentials are sent only to the configured provider or gateway for authentication, and cloud-model prompts necessarily leave the device. Access profiles, approval workflows, sandboxed execution, configurable guardrails, session-scoped location prompts, private-memory filtering, and a verified automated test suite keep high-agency work bounded and reviewable.

Recent high-impact additions change the day-to-day product shape: Automation Studio, the cowork CLI, Mixture of Agents model presets, Browser Use Cloud routing, Codex Security workflows, automation outcome reporting, real terminal tabs, visible Browser Workbench, Side Chat, message-box shortcuts, Everything Workbench artifacts, and Secure MCP Tunnels. Detailed feature inventory remains below for deeper evaluation.

Ideas & Media

Stable workflow entry points for the newest high-impact capabilities.

• Ideas panel — curated launchpad of pre-written workflow prompts and capability-aware starting points, with deep links into common tasks.
• Research vaults (llm-wiki) — first-class workspace-local knowledge bases inspired by Andrej Karpathy's LLM Wiki concept, with deterministic raw-source capture, Obsidian-friendly notes, filed-back outputs, vault search, and vault-health analysis. Learn more
• Personal data cleanup (unbroker) — bundled global privacy/security skill for consent-gated data-broker and people-search removal, with a local PII ledger, opt-out queue, human-task digest, and recurring recheck support. Learn more
• Everything Workbench — generated documents, spreadsheets, decks, web pages, PDFs, and previews share the same artifact model: task-feed card, sidebar open, fullscreen workspace, follow-up composer, and refresh after the agent finishes the requested edit. It makes CoWork the default place to create, inspect, and revise everyday Word/Excel/PowerPoint-style work. Learn more
• Terminal Tabs — real PTY-backed terminal tabs live inside the task workspace, so coding and CLI work can stay beside agent tasks, artifacts, browser previews, and approvals. Learn more
• Document artifacts — task-created Word-style files render as compact artifact cards. .docx opens directly in an editable right-sidebar document surface with Google Docs-style controls, save, copy, external-open, fullscreen mode, and the same functional follow-up composer used by spreadsheet artifacts. .doc, .rtf, .odt, .ott, .pages, and related Word-style formats are recognized with best-effort preview or external-app/folder actions. Learn more
• Designed editorial documents — bundled kami skill for resumes, one-pagers, white papers, letters, portfolios, diagrams, and slide decks with workspace-local source scaffolding and PDF/PPTX export helpers. Learn more
• Format-aware file preview popup — clicking any file link in chat opens a unified preview modal that adapts to the format. Built-in support for HTML, Markdown, code (with highlight.js syntax colors), JSON / JSONL / GeoJSON (collapsible tree + raw toggle), CSV / TSV (RFC-4180 table), XLSX, DOCX, PDF (with page/OCR summary), images (fit / actual-size toggle, dimensions, alpha checkerboard), video, audio (with duration), LaTeX, and PPTX. Each format gets its own width profile, a header subtitle showing format-specific metadata, and a unified action bar with Copy path, Show in Finder, Open externally, and Close.