# chromedp

A faster, simpler way to drive browsers supporting the Chrome DevTools Protocol.

Repository: https://github.com/chromedp/chromedp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chromedp
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: golang, chrome, chrome-debugging-protocol, testing, unit-testing, chrome-devtools, headless
Last push: 2026-07-14T21:56:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 84/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 65, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3508, "days_push": 50, "days_rel": 155, "gap_med": 78.0, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 13264, forks 885 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:02.915288+00:00)

## What it is
chromedp is a Go library for driving Chrome and other browsers via the Chrome DevTools Protocol, with no external dependencies. It supports headless operation, screenshots, DOM interaction, and is commonly used for web scraping and end-to-end testing.

## Use cases
- scrape dynamic web pages rendered by javascript
- take full page screenshots of websites
- run end-to-end browser tests in go
- automate form filling and clicking on web pages
- generate pdfs from web pages
- test single page applications headlessly

## When to avoid
- you need cross-browser support beyond Chromium-based browsers
- you prefer Playwright or Selenium ecosystems with richer tooling
- you only need static HTML parsing without a real browser

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: web-scraping, testing, e2e-testing, http-client, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, testing, developer-tools, crawlers
- platform: go, windows, cross-platform
- tags: chrome-devtools-protocol, headless-browser, browser-automation, screenshot, scraping, automation, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- chromedp/chromedp (main) score 84
- chromedp/examples (examples) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:02.915288+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 2026-08-29T17:13:24.011362+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/chromedp/chromedp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:02.915288+00:00, sha 49578f992037)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.