ego (lite)

ego (lite) is a Chromium-based browser built so a human and AI agents can share browser state without competing for the same tabs. Agents connect through the `ego-browser` skill and run inside isolated Spaces while retaining access to the user's logged-in web sessions. The current product explicitly supports agent CLIs including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and others.¹

The product differentiates itself from a separate headless-browser stack by importing Chrome tabs, bookmarks, passwords, extensions, cookies and profiles, then allowing agents to act in the same daily-use browser. It also claims a compressed semantic snapshot and multi-action execution model intended to reduce round trips and token use.¹

ego (lite) is free for individual use at $0, with users bringing their own model/API access. The current free offer is macOS-first; Windows and Linux are described as roadmap items. Business pricing is custom and adds priority support, custom integrations, onboarding and team-scale deployment terms.²

The strongest evidence is currently first-party. The product says browsing history, cookies, passwords and page data stay on the user's machine rather than being uploaded to ego (lite), which is an important architectural claim for a browser that exposes authenticated sessions to agents.¹² The changelog shows active releases through August 25, 2026, including repeated fixes around crashes, task Spaces, browser import and agent-task stability.³

The reviewed source set produced no exact-product independent review or benchmark result. Accordingly, first-party speed and token-efficiency comparisons are treated as claims rather than independent performance evidence.

ego (lite) is best suited to developers and power users who already work with coding agents and want those agents to operate authenticated SaaS, internal tools or web apps without maintaining a second browser profile or repeatedly solving login friction. It is less suitable for teams needing mature cross-platform deployment, centrally managed enterprise controls or independently validated reliability.