# cyrus-and/chrome-remote-interface

Chrome Debugging Protocol interface for Node.js

Repository: https://github.com/cyrus-and/chrome-remote-interface
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chrome-remote-interface
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: chrome-debugging-protocol, browser, javascript, nodejs, google-chrome, mobile-safari, headless, opera, microsoft-edge, firefox
Last push: 2026-02-09T09:02:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 66, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4886, "days_push": 205, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4551, forks 323 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:53.312583+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js library providing a JavaScript interface to the Chrome Debugging Protocol (CDP). It abstracts CDP domains into commands and events for instrumenting Chrome and other compatible browsers.

## Use cases
- drive headless Chrome from Node.js scripts
- capture network requests made by a page
- automate browser tasks via the DevTools protocol
- profile and debug pages programmatically
- take screenshots or dump DOM from Chrome
- control Safari, Edge, or Firefox via CDP-compatible endpoints

## When to choose
- you need low-level, direct access to Chrome DevTools Protocol domains
- you want a lightweight alternative to Puppeteer without bundled browser management
- you need to support multiple CDP implementations like Opera, Edge, or iOS Safari

## When to avoid
- you want a high-level browser automation API with automatic browser downloads (use Puppeteer or Playwright)
- you need cross-browser automation with consistent behavior across engines
- your project does not run on Node.js

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: http-client, developer-tools, testing, web-scraping
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, browser-extensions
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: chrome-debugging-protocol, cdp, headless-browser, browser-automation, devtools-protocol, automation, nodejs

## Member repositories
- cyrus-and/chrome-remote-interface (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:53.312583+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 2026-08-29T18:20:04.568399+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cyrus-and/chrome-remote-interface (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:53.312583+00:00, sha 83d9b35da8b9)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/chrome-remote-interface (fetched 2026-08-29T09:05:51.607617+00:00, sha 70d45b44451b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.