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ego-lite: Let AI agents browse in their own tabs while you keep working

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Hand web chores to your AI agent and it does them in its own workspace inside your browser, while you keep using yours.

For people who use Claude Code or Codex.

What it does

ego lite is a desktop browser built to be shared by you and your AI agents. Each agent works in its own Space, an isolated workspace inside the same browser, so it never takes over your tabs. Agents connect through the ego-browser skill (packaged instructions for the agent), which reads a Snapshot of the page (the page turned into structured text) and lets the agent write short JavaScript snippets that click, fill and navigate in one pass.

How to use it

Input → action → output: in your agent tool, type /ego-browser followed by a plain-language request. The agent opens the page in its own Space, acts on it, and reports back, while you can watch any Space and take over or stop it. On first launch you can choose to bring over your Chrome logins, cookies, extensions and bookmarks so the agent can reach sites you are already signed in to.

Common use cases

  • Ask your agent to follow an account on x.com and get a report back once it is done, without your own tabs moving.
  • Give Claude Code a list of sales leads and have it look each one up in parallel Spaces, returning the details it found.
  • Ask Codex to visit several competitor websites at once and collect what it finds into one summary.

Can I use this?

Setup details on the source page

Requirements Download the app for Apple Silicon, Intel Mac or Windows; it adds the ego-browser skill to every agent's skills folder. Or run npx skills add citrolabs/ego-lite and the agent guides you through installing the app the first time it needs it.

Caveat The creators say browsing data stays on your device and only simple product signals are collected. Giving an agent your real logins means it can act on those accounts.

Worth knowing The MIT license covers this repository's skill files; the browser app is a separate download whose source and license terms are not documented here. Speed claims come from the creators' own benchmark.

Why it's here

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Last seen on the GitHub trending list on 3 November 2026. It stays on BuildTube so you can still find it.

  • 22,094 people have starred it on GitHub.

Numbers checked on 8 November 2026; not refreshed since.

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Quick questions

What is ego-lite?
ego lite is a desktop browser built to be shared by you and your AI agents.
What can I use ego-lite for?
Ask your agent to follow an account on x.com and get a report back once it is done, without your own tabs moving; Give Claude Code a list of sales leads and have it look each one up in parallel Spaces, returning the details it found; Ask Codex to visit several competitor websites at once and collect what it finds into one summary
Can I run ego-lite on my computer?
ego lite is a browser app that runs on your own Mac (Apple silicon or Intel) or Windows PC and is controlled by your agent tool, such as Claude Code, Codex or Cursor; Linux is on the roadmap. Download the app for Apple Silicon, Intel Mac or Windows; it adds the ego-browser skill to every agent's skills folder.
What do I need to use ego-lite?
macOS or Windows (Linux is on the roadmap), the ego lite browser app, and an agent command-line tool such as Claude Code, Codex or Cursor.
What license does ego-lite use?
The MIT license covers this repository's skill files; the browser app is a separate download whose source and license terms are not documented here.

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