jo-inc/camofox-browser

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8894 stars · 955 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A self-hosted anti-detection browser server for AI agents, wrapping the Camoufox Firefox fork that spoofs fingerprints at the C++ level. It exposes a REST API with accessibility snapshots, stable element refs, and session isolation as a drop-in alternative to Puppeteer/Playwright for scraping sites with bot protection.

Use cases

• scrape websites that block headless browsers
• bypass Cloudflare bot detection for AI agents
• give an LLM agent a stealth browsing tool
• automate logins with cookie import and session isolation
• run a low-memory headless browser on a VPS or Raspberry Pi
• route scraping traffic through residential proxies with geo-matching

When to choose

• you need to access sites with Cloudflare or anti-bot protection from an AI agent
• you want token-efficient accessibility snapshots instead of raw HTML
• you need a drop-in replacement for Playwright/Puppeteer that evades fingerprinting
• you want a lightweight browser service sharing infrastructure with other tools

When to avoid

• you only need simple scraping of sites without bot protection
• you need full Puppeteer/Playwright API compatibility rather than a REST interface
• your use case violates the target sites' terms of service or local laws
• you need a managed cloud service rather than self-hosting

Facets

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web-scraping http-client browser-extension api-framework mcp web-development artificial-intelligence crawlers privacy self-hosted cross-platform cli anti-detection stealth-browser camoufox puppeteer-replacement playwright-replacement fingerprint-spoofing cloudflare-bypass headless-browser rest-api bot-detection-evasion automation ai-agents nodejs docker

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