ego lite

A browser for AI agents such as Codex or Claude Code that runs their web tasks in separate Spaces with your logged-in state, while you keep browsing.

21.1k stars, 1.2k forks JavaScript On GitHub since April 2026

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The repository holds the agent skill and the browser driver. The ego lite browser itself is a separate download and its code is not here.

What is ego lite?

ego lite is a browser where you and your agents work in parallel: each agent runs its tasks in its own Space, an isolated workspace inside the same browser, while your own tabs stay untouched. Agents can use your logged-in sessions without taking the browser away from you. Installing it adds an ego-browser skill to every agent's skills directory, and the agent reads each page as a structured text snapshot, which the authors say makes automation faster and cheaper in tokens than driving a separate browser.

Good fit if

  • Your agents need sites where you are already signed in.
  • You want to keep using your browser while an agent works.

Look elsewhere if

  • You want the whole browser automation stack as open code: Browser Use.
  • You need browser agents running in the cloud: Browser Use also sells hosted browsers.

Before you adopt it

The repository is MIT-licensed, but it holds the skill and documentation only: the ego lite browser itself is a separate free download that is not in the repository, so its code cannot be reviewed here. It first appeared in April 2026.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

ego lite health: is it still maintained?

72 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    206 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 30 October 2026.
    28 / 30
  • Contributors
    7 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 34% of them.
    12 / 20
  • Releases
    8 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v2.1.0, on 16 October 2026.
    17 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Too few recent issues from outside the team to measure, so this part gets a neutral score.
    10 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

ego lite license: is it open source?

ego lite uses MIT, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

The app itself is not in this repository. The README says: “The ego lite browser is a separate, free download.” The license above covers only the code published here.
  1. April 2026First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayMIT.

How to run ego lite yourself

Docker
No Docker files in the repository
Compose file
None in the repository
Setup effort
Not rated: no compose file to judge from
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
English only

Install instructions: lite.ego.app or the README on GitHub.

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  • Browser UseOpen-source Python library for AI browser agents, plus Browser Use Cloud: stealth browsers and a hosted… 64 health · MIT · 120k stars

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Questions about ego lite

Is ego lite open source?

Yes. ego lite is published under MIT, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is ego lite still maintained?

Its health score is 72 of 100 (actively developed). It had 206 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 30 October 2026, and its latest release came out on 16 October 2026.

How do I run ego lite?

The repository has no Docker files or app builds, so you build it from source. The README on GitHub has the steps.

What are the alternatives to ego lite?

Close alternatives in the AI coding agents category include Orca, CC Switch, Paperclip.