kernel/kernel-images
Browsers-as-a-service for automations and web agents observed · 2026-09-03
Health v2 · maintenance only
65/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 39
Flags: no_releases
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: 552
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 0
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1042 stars · 80 forks observed · 2026-09-03
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Kernel is an open-source browser infrastructure platform that provides sandboxed, ready-to-use Chromium browsers as a service for browser automations and AI web agents. The repository contains the Docker and Unikraft unikernel images that power the hosted service, enabling fast cold starts, session snapshotting, and live-view streaming of remote browser sessions.
Use cases
- run sandboxed cloud browsers for AI web agents
- connect Playwright or Puppeteer to a remote browser via CDP
- spin up browsers in under 30ms for low-latency automation
- record MP4 session replays and watch live browser sessions for debugging
- solve CAPTCHAs and manage residential proxies for scraping
- automatically handle website logins with managed auth from 1Password vaults
- run headful Chromium in Docker or as a Unikraft unikernel
- deploy serverless agent loops co-located with their browser
When to choose
- you need scalable, fast-cold-start cloud browsers for browser automation or AI agents
- you want managed auth, CAPTCHA solving, and proxy handling out of the box
- you need observability like live view streaming and session replays for debugging agent behavior
- you want to run Chromium in minimal unikernel VMs with sub-20ms restarts and state snapshotting
- you need SOC2/HIPAA-compliant browser infrastructure for production agent workloads
When to avoid
- you only need to run a local headless browser on your own machine without cloud orchestration
- you want a simple scraping library rather than hosted browser infrastructure
- you cannot use external cloud services and need everything fully self-contained offline
- you need a general-purpose container orchestration platform rather than browser-specific infrastructure
Facets
service · maturity active
container-runtime deployment monitoring auth proxy developer-tools artificial-intelligence web-development cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code self-hosted developer-tools cloud self-hosted go browsers-as-a-service sandboxed-chromium browser-automation web-agents unikernel unikraft headless-browser remote-browser captcha-solving managed-auth session-replays live-view playwright puppeteer cdp stealth-mode browser-pools gpu-acceleration firecracker serverless-agents browser ai-agents automation docker linux
8 sources
- readme: https://github.com/kernel/kernel-images · fetched 2026-09-03 · 516775d7b9e0
- homepage: https://www.kernel.sh · fetched 2026-08-29 · cd96f6933328
- site_page: https://www.kernel.sh/docs/integrations/1password · fetched 2026-08-29 · ea60f5159a37
- site_page: https://www.kernel.sh/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 22ef7e96dc7a
- site_page: https://www.kernel.sh/docs/tos · fetched 2026-08-29 · 836fe51443f5
- site_page: https://www.kernel.sh/docs/privacy · fetched 2026-08-29 · 00c2277705bf
- site_page: https://www.kernel.sh/pricing · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3d648784b850
- site_page: https://www.kernel.sh/changelog · fetched 2026-08-29 · 72c4a156f58f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| kernel/kernel-images | main | 65 |
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