borisbabic/browser_cookie3
This is a fork of browser_cookie observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
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: n/a
- age_days: 4147
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 622
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1070 stars · 167 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Python library (fork of browsercookie) that loads cookies from installed web browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari, and others into a cookiejar object. It lets Python scripts reuse browser login sessions with urllib or requests, and also offers a small command-line interface.
Use cases
- download web pages with my logged-in browser session from python
- reuse chrome cookies in a requests script
- scrape a site without logging in programmatically
- extract cookies from firefox sqlite database
- load all browser cookies into a cookiejar
- filter cookies by domain for an http request
- export browser cookies from the command line
When to choose
- you want Python scripts to authenticate using cookies already stored in a local browser
- you need to support many browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari, Brave, Opera, etc.)
- you want a quick pip-installable library plus a CLI for cookie extraction
When to avoid
- you need to manage or create cookies server-side rather than read local browser stores
- your target environment has no user browser installed (e.g., headless servers, CI)
- decrypting local browser cookie stores raises privacy or compliance concerns for your use case
Facets
library · maturity active
http-client web-scraping security cli developer-tools web-development privacy python cross-platform cli cookies browser-cookies cookiejar session-reuse sqlite command-line
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/borisbabic/browser_cookie3 · fetched 2026-08-28 · f489576364fc
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/browser_cookie3/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · cdb08aa5d864
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| borisbabic/browser_cookie3 | main | 23 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="borisbabic/browser_cookie3")
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