# detro/ghostdriver

Ghost Driver is an implementation of the Remote WebDriver Wire protocol, using PhantomJS as back-end

Repository: https://github.com/detro/ghostdriver
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ghostdriver
Language: Java
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-02-08T16:23:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5278, "days_push": 2763, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1908, forks 327 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:52.715924+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: testing, e2e-testing, http-server, web-scraping
- domain: testing, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: jvm, cross-platform, cli
- tags: webdriver, selenium, phantomjs, headless-browser, browser-automation, jsonwire-protocol, automation, javascript

## Member repositories
- detro/ghostdriver (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:52.715924+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 2026-08-30T03:11:12.616729+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/detro/ghostdriver (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:52.715924+00:00, sha 9112a59af8a3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.