A 13-year-old basically open-sourced Claude Cowork & Manus desktop
A 13-year-old developer has created EverFern, an open-source desktop AI agent inspired by Claude Cowork and Manus. This agent can control browsers and desktop applications, automate multi-step workflows, and supports over ten cloud providers while remaining self-hostable. The project, available on GitHub, aims to provide a local alternative to cloud-based AI systems. AI
IMPACT This open-source agent could offer a local, self-hostable alternative to cloud-based AI systems, potentially increasing user control and reducing costs.