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GhostDesk

Active·★ 108·NOASSERTION·Updated 2026-05-28
★ Trending★ Workflow Automation★ LLM Infra

Give any AI agent a full desktop — it sees the screen, clicks, types, and runs apps like a human. Automate anything with a UI: browsers, legacy software, internal tools. No API needed. One Docker command.

GhostDesk is an MCP server that gives LLM agents a sandboxed Linux desktop with vision and input tools. It allows agents to interact with any GUI application, perform multi-step workflows, and work autonomously.

#agentic#ai-agent#automation#autonomous-agent#browser-automation#claude#computer-use#docker
$ Install
$ docker run -d --name ghostdesk-my-agent --restart unless-stopped -p 3000:3000 -p 5900:5900 -p 6080:6080 -v ghostdesk-my-agent-home:/home/agent --shm-size 2g -e VNC_PASSWORD=changeme -e TZ=UTC -e LOCALE=en_US.utf8 ghcr.io/yv17labs/ghostdesk:latest
↗ Visit site★ GitHub
01

Features

01Vision and input tools: screenshot, click, type, scroll, etc.
02Sandboxed desktop in Docker with full isolation
03Works with any MCP-compatible LLM (Claude, GPT, Gemini)
04Operates any GUI application without API integration
05Human-like input simulation (Bézier curves, variable delays)
02

Compatibility

Linux
Linux
Verified via docs
Docker
Docker
Verified via docs
03

Quick start

1
$ docker run -d --name ghostdesk-my-agent --restart unless-stopped -p 3000:3000 -p 5900:5900 -p 6080:6080 -v ghostdesk-my-agent-home:/home/agent --shm-size 2g -e VNC_PASSWORD=changeme -e TZ=UTC -e LOCALE=en_US.utf8 ghcr.io/yv17labs/ghostdesk:latest
04

Use cases

↳Web scraping and data processing (e.g., Amazon to Google Sheets)
↳Flight search and price comparison across multiple sites
↳Operating legacy or internal software without API access
05

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Comments

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  • L
    Logan KimApr 19, 2026

    The desktop coverage is surprisingly complete. The maintainers are responsive to issues.

  • J
    Jordan NguyenApr 9, 2026

    The full integration saves writing a lot of boilerplate — one docker command. Solid addition to the AI tooling stack.

  • E
    Emerson LewisMar 20, 2026

    Dropped this into well-designed pipeline and it just worked — one docker command. Runs fine on Python 3.11.

  • H
    Harper ThompsonMar 18, 2026

    The give integration saves writing a lot of boilerplate. Integrates well with existing give setups.

  • O
    Oakley KimFeb 28, 2026

    Integrates cleanly into well-designed workflows. The well-designed performance is impressive for an open-source tool.

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