`Cua Driver`: Background macOS app control without stealing the cursor

Cua Driver is a new macOS background GUI automation driver that lets agents click, type, scroll, and read apps without stealing cursor, focus, or Spaces. For indie developers, its value is reducing the need for VMs or app-specific APIs, making local QA, demo generation, and assistant workflows easier to script from a CLI.

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The core claim is background control of native macOS apps while the user keeps working normally, which addresses a major usability problem in current computer-use tools.
The project is positioned as a CLI-first driver, so indie developers can plug it into coding agents and shell workflows without building full browser or VM infrastructure.
Example use cases include agent-generated product demos, local visual QA loops, browser automation without CDP, and assistant flows using apps like iMessage.
The technical differentiation is its attempt to bypass macOS input limitations where CGEventPost moves the cursor and CGEvent.postToPid can be rejected by Chromium as untrusted.
From an indie perspective, the main upside is lower operational complexity; the main risk is that the post frames this as an early project hacked together over a weekend, so reliability and edge-case coverage are still uncertain.

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