Meta brings the Manus AI agent to your Windows PC and Mac to automate tasks
Manus recently acquired AI for Meta has launched a desktop app for Mac and Windows. It brings an agent tool called My Computer, where you can type what you want and have it perform tasks on all the files, tools, and applications on your PC.
How Manus’s My Computer automates your daily tasks
When you open the app, it looks like a chatbot interface with a prompt box and options to attach files or folders. You can drop a folder and ask it to organize everything for you.
The agent scans your files, understands what’s inside them, and then works on your system using command line instructions. So it creates folders, moves files, and organizes everything automatically.
In one example Manus shows, a florist uploads thousands of unsorted photos and asks the AI to sort them into categories such as flowers, bridal bouquets, and decorations. AI scans files, understands what each image represents, and organizes them into organized folders within minutes.
You can also connect Google apps and ask it to perform actions across services. For example, an AI agent can download a file from your desktop and email it to someone while you’re away.
My computer can create applications or use the local GPU to run automated tasks. However, every action requires your permission, so you can always control what Manus can access.
When Manus stood next to OpenClaw and Perplexity’s Personal Computer
When Meta acquired Manus last December, it only worked in the cloud. Now it works directly on your computer where your work takes place. The free plan offers limited access, while paid plans start at $20 per month or $17 per year.
However, Manus AI enters an already heated space thanks to OpenClaw. Both AI agents can now run directly on your computer instead of the cloud.
OpenClaw (formerly known as Clawdbot or Moltbot) is free and open source, which quickly gained attention and sparked a wide interest in agent AI. Although experts warn that such tools can raise privacy and security concerns.
Manus, on the other hand, is a paid service and is positioned as a more sophisticated product under Meta. Confused is pushing the same idea with its Your Computer agent, which can manage the entire workflow if you let AI take over the day-to-day tasks across your system.
All this leaves you with a clear decision. Do you go with a free, open-source setup that gives you more control, or a paid tool that’s easy to use but comes with trade-offs?
Which one works for you depends on how much control you want and how willing you are to trust AI with your system.
