epiral/bb-browser

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

6128 stars · 599 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

bb-browser is a TypeScript CLI and MCP server that lets AI agents control your real Chrome browser using your existing login state, exposing 103 commands across 36 platforms (Twitter, Zhihu, YouTube, arXiv, etc.). It works by running eval/fetch inside your logged-in browser tabs, so websites see requests as coming from the authenticated user rather than a bot.

Use cases

• let AI agents search Twitter or Reddit using my logged-in session
• fetch YouTube video transcripts from the command line
• give Claude Code or Cursor browser access via MCP without API keys
• scrape sites that block headless browsers and scrapers
• query Zhihu trending or stock quotes through my real Chrome
• automate web tasks reusing existing cookies and complex logins

When to choose

• you want AI agents to access sites with no public API using your real login state
• anti-bot detection breaks Playwright/Selenium or scraping libraries
• you need an MCP server for browser control in Claude Code or Cursor
• you want quick CLI commands for common site actions across many platforms

When to avoid

• you need headless, isolated, or CI-friendly browser automation
• you require strict compliance with site terms of service regarding automated access
• you don't use Chrome or can't run a local daemon/extension
• you need scalable distributed scraping rather than single-user session reuse

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli mcp web-scraping browser-extension http-client agent-framework developer-tools developer-tools crawlers web-development cli browser cross-platform browser-automation mcp-server chrome-extension login-state ai-agents site-adapters anti-bot-bypass typescript automation command-line nodejs

Member repositories

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="epiral/bb-browser")