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g1879/DrissionPage

Python based web automation tool. Powerful and elegant. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/g1879/DrissionPage · homepage · Python · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

70/100

  • Activity 98
  • Release rhythm 16
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 104
  • age_days: 2295
  • days_rel: 530
  • days_push: 13
  • n_releases_24m: 2

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

12405 stars · 1150 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

DrissionPage is a Python-based web automation library that combines browser control (via Chromium's DevTools Protocol, without WebDriver) with fast HTTP request/session capabilities in one tool. It offers a concise element-locating syntax, cross-iframe element access, multi-tab handling, built-in waits and retries, and download utilities.

Use cases

  • scrape data from websites with javascript rendering
  • automate filling and submitting web forms
  • control chrome or edge browser from python without webdriver
  • download files from web pages reliably
  • switch between browser automation and raw http requests in one script
  • automate electron apps
  • run web ui tests with python

When to choose

  • you want a selenium/playwright alternative that needs no browser driver downloads
  • you need to mix browser automation and fast packet-level requests in the same workflow
  • you need cross-iframe element access or full-page screenshots including off-viewport areas
  • you want simple, beginner-friendly syntax for web scraping and automation

When to avoid

  • you need a permissively licensed tool for commercial products - the license forbids commercial use without author authorization
  • you need to automate non-Chromium browsers like Firefox or Safari
  • you need large-scale distributed scraping infrastructure rather than a single-machine automation library

Facets

library · maturity active

web-scraping http-client testing workflow-automation web-development crawlers developer-tools python windows cross-platform browser-automation selenium-alternative cdp chromium data-collection non-webdriver automation linux macos

5 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
g1879/DrissionPagemain70

For agents

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