MAI-UI is a cutting-edge open-source project that implements a family of foundation GUI (Graphical User Interface) agent models capable of interpreting natural language and performing real-world GUI navigation and control tasks across mobile and desktop environments. Developed by Tongyi-MAI (Alibaba’s research initiative), the MAI-UI models are multimodal agents trained to understand user instructions and corresponding screenshots, grounding those instructions to on-screen elements and generating sequences of GUI actions such as taps, swipes, text input, and system commands. Unlike traditional UI frameworks, MAI-UI emphasizes realistic deployment by supporting agent–user interaction (clarifying ambiguous instructions), integration with external tool APIs using MCP calls, and a device–cloud collaboration mechanism that dynamically routes computation to on-device or cloud models based on task state and privacy constraints.

Features

  • Natural language to GUI action generation for mobile/desktop interfaces
  • Multimodal grounding of text and screenshots for UI understanding
  • Support for direct user interaction and clarification workflows
  • MCP tool integration for extended API-level operations
  • Device–cloud hybrid execution to balance privacy and performance
  • Models at multiple scales (from lightweight to large-capacity variants)

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Apache License V2.0

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Programming Language

Python

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2026-01-05