detro/ghostdriver
Ghost Driver is an implementation of the Remote WebDriver Wire protocol, using PhantomJS as back-end observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5278
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2763
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1908 stars · 327 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
GhostDriver is a pure JavaScript implementation of the WebDriver Wire Protocol that uses PhantomJS as a headless browser back-end, exposing it as a Remote WebDriver for Selenium. It also provides Java bindings (PhantomJSDriver) for use with Selenium Grid.
Use cases
- run selenium tests in a headless browser
- register phantomjs as a node in a selenium grid
- automate web pages without a visible browser
- scrape javascript-rendered pages headlessly
- java webdriver driver for phantomjs
When to choose
- you must maintain a legacy Selenium setup that still relies on PhantomJS
- you need a lightweight headless WebDriver on old infrastructure
When to avoid
- starting a new browser automation project - PhantomJS is unmaintained and lacks modern web standards
- you need modern headless Chrome/Firefox via Selenium or Playwright
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
testing e2e-testing http-server web-scraping testing web-development developer-tools jvm cross-platform cli webdriver selenium phantomjs headless-browser browser-automation jsonwire-protocol automation javascript
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/detro/ghostdriver · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9112a59af8a3
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| detro/ghostdriver | main | 10 |
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