EXTRA - Native Computer Use MCP Server

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EXTRA - Native Computer Use runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 244 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 25 Oct 2026.

Flashless macOS & Windows native computer-use engine for AI vision, mouse & keyboard automation

Installs per day peak 346 · avg 59 · -73% w/w

a month agotoday

244

Installs / week

pypi · extra-desktop

Stars

0 open issues

25 Oct 2026

Last commit

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MIT

License

Python

What the code does

We read the source, 7 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Evidence

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

Runs commands and sends data out [пакет] src/extra/cli.py:124

            proc = subprocess.run(ps_cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=6)

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Runs an external command bin/cli.js:50

    const stdout = execFileSync(finder, [isWin ? "extra.cmd" : "extra"], {

Runs an external command src/extra/cli.py:124, src/extra/core/evolution/harness_generator.py:186, src/extra/core/platform/linux/capture.py:73 и ещё 33

            proc = subprocess.run(ps_cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=6)

Executes code built at runtime src/extra/cli.py:114, [пакет] src/extra/cli.py:114

                __import__(framework)

Builds a file path from a variable src/extra/core/platform/macos/shell.py:185, src/extra/core/platform/windows/shell.py:288, [пакет] src/extra/core/platform/macos/shell.py:185 и ещё 1

        full_path = os.path.join(d, candidate_app)

Sends data to a third-party sink src/extra/cli.py:1205, [пакет] src/extra/cli.py:1205

    serve_parser.add_argument("--allowed-hosts", default=None, help="Comma-separated allowed host headers (e.g. *.trycloudflare.com)")

Reads files and sends them to the network src/extra/core/subtask.py:523, [пакет] src/extra/core/subtask.py:523

                    files = [f for f in ws_dir.iterdir() if f.is_file() and not f.name.endswith(".png")]

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

We found things in this code

Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch EXTRA - Native Computer Use and you get told the day something new turns up.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add extra -- uvx extra-desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "extra": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "extra-desktop"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.extra]
command = "uvx"
args = ["extra-desktop"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "extra": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "extra-desktop"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "extra": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "extra-desktop"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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EXTRA - Native Computer Use — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for EXTRA - Native Computer Use?

EXTRA - Native Computer Use runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package extra-desktop was installed 244 times last week.

How do I connect EXTRA - Native Computer Use?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls extra-desktop straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use EXTRA - Native Computer Use?

The pypi package extra-desktop was installed 244 times in the last week. Week over week that is -73%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is EXTRA - Native Computer Use open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 5 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.