Cua Driver vs Hass-MCP (Home Assistant)

A side-by-side comparison of two Productivity servers — tools, transport, auth, maintenance, and copy-paste config for each.

	Cua Driver Background computer-use MCP server that drives native macOS, Windows, and Linux desktop apps without stealing focus. Unverified stdio (local) No auth Rust	Hass-MCP (Home Assistant) Control and query Home Assistant from Claude and other LLMs over the Model Context Protocol. Unverified stdio (local) API key Python
Category	Productivity	Productivity
Language	Rust	Python
Transport	stdio (local)	stdio (local)
Auth	None	API key
GitHub stars	19k	304
Last commit	1 month ago	1 month ago
Verified
Actively maintained
Install	`/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/trycua/cua/main/libs/cua-driver/scripts/install.sh)"`	`docker pull voska/hass-mcp:latest`
Repo	Open	Open

Verdict

Pick Cua Driver if you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option, and you want zero-setup with no API key.

Pick Hass-MCP (Home Assistant) if you prefer its approach (control and query home assistant from claude and other llms over the model context protocol).

Add Cua Driver

Install / run

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/trycua/cua/main/libs/cua-driver/scripts/install.sh)"

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cua-driver": {
      "command": "cua-driver",
      "args": [
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add Hass-MCP (Home Assistant)

Install / run

docker pull voska/hass-mcp:latest

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hass-mcp-home-assistant": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "HA_URL",
        "-e",
        "HA_TOKEN",
        "voska/hass-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HA_URL": "http://homeassistant.local:8123",
        "HA_TOKEN": "YOUR_LONG_LIVED_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Requires Docker to be installed and running.

FAQ

Cua Driver or Hass-MCP (Home Assistant) — which is better?

Pick Cua Driver if you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option, and you want zero-setup with no API key. Pick Hass-MCP (Home Assistant) if you prefer its approach (control and query home assistant from claude and other llms over the model context protocol).

Can I use both Cua Driver and Hass-MCP (Home Assistant)?

Yes — MCP clients let you enable multiple servers at once. Add both configs to your client's mcpServers and use whichever tool fits the task.

Do Cua Driver and Hass-MCP (Home Assistant) work with Claude, Cursor and Windsurf?

Both do. Copy the per-client config below into Claude Desktop, Cursor, or Windsurf.

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