# dhamaniasad/HeadlessBrowsers

A list of (almost) all headless web browsers in existence

Repository: https://github.com/dhamaniasad/HeadlessBrowsers
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/headlessbrowsers
Homepage: http://dhamaniasad.github.io/HeadlessBrowsers
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: testing, browser, automation, headless-browsers
Last push: 2025-10-12T07:30:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 53/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 46, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4373, "days_push": 325, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6683, forks 454 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:47.625365+00:00)

## What it is
A curated list of almost all headless web browsers in existence, covering browser engines, multi-driver libraries, and language-specific tools. It serves as a reference directory for browser automation and testing resources.

## Use cases
- find a headless browser for automated testing
- compare headless browser engines by language and license
- discover browser automation libraries like Playwright or PhantomJS
- pick a headless browser for web scraping
- find Selenium-compatible headless browsers

## When to choose
- you need an overview of the headless browser ecosystem before picking a tool
- you want to compare options across programming languages
- you are researching browser automation approaches

## When to avoid
- you need an actual browser automation tool rather than a list of them
- you need maintained, production-ready software with support

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: testing, web-scraping, developer-tools
- domain: testing, web-development, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: headless-browsers, browser-automation, curated-list, awesome-list, automation

## Member repositories
- dhamaniasad/HeadlessBrowsers (main) score 53

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:47.625365+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 2026-08-29T17:43:00.077850+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dhamaniasad/HeadlessBrowsers (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:47.625365+00:00, sha 6fe87c960ed4)
  - homepage: http://dhamaniasad.github.io/HeadlessBrowsers (fetched 2026-08-29T08:39:22.121610+00:00, sha 691e5f56c8f4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.