Bytebot is a self-hosted open-source AI desktop agent that automates computer tasks in containerized Linux desktop environments using natural language commands. It can operate browsers, email clients, office software, IDEs, and also handle files, PDFs, spreadsheets, and perform multi-step complex tasks.
Key Features
- Full Desktop Control: Operates all desktop applications like a virtual employee, supporting mouse, keyboard, and file system interactions.
- Natural Language Tasks: Describe your needs in Chinese or English, and Bytebot will understand and execute them automatically.
- Multi-Model Support: Compatible with Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, Google Gemini, local Ollama, and more.
- File & Document Handling: Upload, read, and analyze PDFs, spreadsheets, and documents; automatically generate reports.
- Multi-App Automation: Automate workflows across browsers, email, CRM, ERP, and other systems.
- API & UI: Provides REST API and Web UI for programmatic task creation and real-time desktop monitoring.
- Security & Privacy: All data is processed locally, supports password managers, ensuring privacy for enterprises and individuals.
- Extensibility: Supports custom tools, plugins, and AI integrations.
Use Cases
- Business process automation: invoice handling, data synchronization, report generation, compliance checks
- Development & testing: automated UI testing, code deployment verification, documentation generation
- Research & analysis: market research, data collection, document analysis and summarization
- Personal assistant: daily task automation, file organization, information retrieval
Example Tasks
- “Go to Wikipedia and summarize quantum computing content”
- “Download all vendor invoices and organize them into a folder”
- “Analyze the uploaded contract PDF, extract payment terms and deadlines”
- “Automatically log in to CRM, export customer list, and update ERP”