What is ego-lite?

ego lite is a browser built specifically for AI agents and humans to use at the same time. When you have an AI assistant like Claude Code or Codex perform a web task for you, it normally needs a separate browser with its own logins and tabs, which tends to collide with whatever you are doing. ego lite solves this by giving each agent its own isolated workspace, called a Space, inside the same browser you already use. Your tabs stay private, and the agent works in the background without getting in your way. The project runs on macOS today, with Windows and Linux planned. You install it as a desktop app, and on first launch it asks whether you want to migrate your existing Chrome data. If you say yes, the agent inherits your logins, cookies, extensions, and bookmarks, so it can reach the sites you are already signed into. You can also install just the connecting skill through a package manager, or let your agent read the install instructions and set everything up for you. To run a task, you type a command in your agent's interface followed by a plain-language description of what you want done. The agent picks up the skill, opens the page in its own Space, reads a snapshot of the page, takes the requested actions, and reports back. Multiple agents can run in parallel Spaces at the same time, so one could be enriching leads while another scrapes competitor sites, all without colliding or stealing your active tabs. A key design choice is that ego lite exposes its capabilities as JavaScript functions the agent calls directly, rather than a long chain of separate command-line calls. The project's benchmarks show this approach finishes complex tasks up to 2.5 times faster than a comparable framework. Your browsing data stays on your device, and the only thing recorded is whether you opted into the Chrome migration.