Comparison
Open Cowork vs Skills
Skills has more GitHub stars (181,575 vs 2,210). Open Cowork was updated more recently (last commit 4d ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Open Cowork
Open-source AI agent desktop app for Windows & macOS. One-click install Claude Code, MCP tools, and Skills — with sandbox isolation, multi-model support, and Feishu/Slack…
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brew install --cask --no-quarantine open-cowork
Skills
Public repository for Agent Skills
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/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills| Metric | Open Cowork | Skills |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Agent skill | Agent skill |
| GitHub stars | 2,210 | 181,575 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | +209 |
| Forks | 316 | 21,505 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | TypeScript | Python |
| License | MIT | n/a |
| Last commit | 4d ago | 1w ago |
| Created | Jan 2026 | Sep 2025 |
| Categories | AI & LLM tooling, Mobile & desktop, Productivity | AI & LLM tooling |