Hunting an open-source Codex computer-use alternative: trycua CUA + Qwen falls short
AdRepulsive7837 · reddit · 2026-10-14
A Redditor is looking for an open-source alternative to Codex's computer use capabilities — ideally something that can operate on the accessibility tree, analyze GUI screenshots, and fall back to mouse clicks.
So far they've tried the trycua CUA framework paired with Qwen 3.6 27B with unsatisfying results, and are asking the community for better open-source stacks.
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