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vercel-labs/agent-browser

Browser automation CLI for AI agents observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/vercel-labs/agent-browser · homepage · Rust · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

78/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 87
  • Longevity 16
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 0
  • age_days: 234
  • days_rel: 7
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 104

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

41389 stars · 2749 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A fast, native Rust CLI for browser automation designed specifically for AI agents, communicating with Chrome via CDP through a client-daemon architecture. It returns compact accessibility-tree snapshots with element refs (~200-400 tokens vs thousands for raw DOM), enabling deterministic, token-efficient browser control from any agent that can run shell commands.

Use cases

  • automate browser tasks from an AI coding agent like Claude Code or Cursor
  • scrape and extract text from web pages with minimal token usage
  • fill forms and click elements deterministically via accessibility refs
  • take screenshots and record video of headless browser sessions
  • test web apps by driving a real browser from the command line
  • manage authenticated browser sessions, cookies, and proxies for long-running agents

When to choose

  • you need an AI agent to interact with live websites reliably and cheaply in tokens
  • you want deterministic element targeting via refs instead of brittle CSS selectors
  • you need a fast native binary without Playwright or Node.js runtime dependencies
  • you need session persistence, auth state, proxy, and network control for agentic workflows

When to avoid

  • you need to automate browsers other than Chromium-based ones
  • you want a high-level scripting API in Python or JavaScript rather than a CLI
  • your use case is simple HTTP fetching where a headless browser is overkill
  • you need pixel-perfect visual regression tooling as the primary feature

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli browser-extension developer-tools workflow-automation web-scraping testing mcp developer-tools web-development testing windows cli rust browser-automation ai-agents accessibility-tree cdp chrome token-efficient agent-first headless-browser automation command-line macos linux nodejs

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Member repositories

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