# g1879/DrissionPage

Python based web automation tool. Powerful and elegant.

Repository: https://github.com/g1879/DrissionPage
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/drissionpage
Homepage: https://DrissionPage.cn/
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: automation-framework, python, web-automation
Last push: 2026-08-20T03:40:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 70/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 16, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2295, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 530, "gap_med": 104, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 12405, forks 1150 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:52.614845+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: web-scraping, http-client, testing, workflow-automation
- domain: web-development, crawlers, developer-tools
- platform: python, windows, cross-platform
- tags: browser-automation, selenium-alternative, cdp, chromium, data-collection, non-webdriver, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- g1879/DrissionPage (main) score 70

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:52.614845+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 2026-08-29T17:14:06.517413+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/g1879/DrissionPage (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:52.614845+00:00, sha 5552c8ed0c0c)
  - homepage: https://DrissionPage.cn/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:11:18.549415+00:00, sha d0ef6c49466d)
  - site_page: https://drissionpage.cn/features/5 (fetched 2026-08-29T08:11:18.558468+00:00, sha 5277b084e0e3)
  - site_page: https://drissionpage.cn/get_start/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T08:11:18.561053+00:00, sha cde38ed2bf5b)
  - site_page: https://drissionpage.cn (fetched 2026-08-29T08:11:18.562739+00:00, sha d0ef6c49466d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.