# botswin/BotBrowser

Advanced Privacy Browser Core with Unified Fingerprint Defense: Cloudflare, Akamai, Kasada, Shape, DataDome, PerimeterX, hCaptcha, FunCaptcha, Imperva, reCAPTCHA, ThreatMetrix, Adscore

Repository: https://github.com/botswin/BotBrowser
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/botbrowser
Homepage: https://botbrowser.io
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: akamai, cloudflare, incapsula, perimeterx, puppeteer, shapesecurity, kasada, datadome, scraping, anti-detection, automation, bot-detection, chromedriver, webdriver, antibot, threatmetrix
Last push: 2026-08-25T03:17:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 51
- inputs: {"age_days": 724, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 8, "gap_med": 6, "n_releases_24m": 88}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2589, forks 279 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:02.800139+00:00)

## What it is
BotBrowser is a privacy-focused browser core (Chromium-based) that unifies and controls browser fingerprint signals across platforms, integrating with Puppeteer and Playwright. It is marketed for anti-detection automation against bot-detection systems like Cloudflare, Akamai, DataDome, and PerimeterX, as well as fingerprint privacy protection.

## Use cases
- scrape websites protected by Cloudflare or DataDome without getting blocked
- run Puppeteer/Playwright automation with consistent browser fingerprints
- prevent browser fingerprinting-based tracking for privacy
- simulate Android or Safari profiles from Linux or Windows hosts
- manage multiple isolated accounts with per-context fingerprints
- run headless browser sessions with proxy and WebRTC leak prevention

## When to choose
- you need browser-level fingerprint consistency across OS platforms
- your automation is blocked by anti-bot systems like Akamai, Kasada, or PerimeterX
- you need cross-platform profile emulation (Android, WebView, WebKit/Safari) from any host
- you want deep integration with Puppeteer or Playwright

## When to avoid
- you need a free open-source solution - full features require paid subscription plans
- you only need simple web scraping without anti-bot challenges
- you need a lightweight headless browser without fingerprint spoofing overhead
- your use case involves bypassing protections you are not authorized to test

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: security, privacy, web-scraping, workflow-automation, browser-extension
- domain: privacy, security, crawlers, web-development
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: anti-detect-browser, browser-fingerprinting, puppeteer, playwright, anti-bot-bypass, fingerprint-spoofing, chromium, headless-browser, bot-detection, automation, macos, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- botswin/BotBrowser (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:02.800139+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:22:21.695648+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/botswin/BotBrowser (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:02.800139+00:00, sha 2a8d35eda69e)
  - homepage: https://botbrowser.io (fetched 2026-08-29T10:05:16.473206+00:00, sha 39dd46ff2407)
  - site_page: https://botbrowser.io/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:05:16.485115+00:00, sha ea922c604fee)
  - site_page: https://botbrowser.io/docs/fingerprint/browser-overview (fetched 2026-08-29T10:05:16.487111+00:00, sha bef2f850cc31)
  - site_page: https://botbrowser.io/docs/identity/per-context-fingerprint (fetched 2026-08-29T10:05:16.488982+00:00, sha 8855123bfe5c)
  - site_page: https://botbrowser.io/docs/platform/cross-platform-profiles (fetched 2026-08-29T10:05:16.491191+00:00, sha e6effa37da6c)
  - site_page: https://botbrowser.io/docs/platform/android-emulation (fetched 2026-08-29T10:05:16.493816+00:00, sha af9d63362907)
  - site_page: https://botbrowser.io/docs/platform/webkit-profile-consistency (fetched 2026-08-29T10:05:16.496109+00:00, sha a2a0795774e6)
  - site_page: https://botbrowser.io/docs/proof/validation (fetched 2026-08-29T10:05:16.498089+00:00, sha 9864a1e7c30b)
  - site_page: https://botbrowser.io/en/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T10:05:16.482942+00:00, sha 49b91a9a52b6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.