# lexmount/moli

Best headless browser for AI agents. Lite, Fast, High-Compatibility. Built in Rust

Repository: https://github.com/lexmount/moli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/moli
Homepage: https://browser.lexmount.com
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: browser, rust, servo, browser-automation, playwright, ai-agents, ai-tools, cloud-browser, puppeteer, web-crawler, web-crawling, web-scraper, web-scraping
Last push: 2026-08-26T18:04:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 79/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 1
- inputs: {"age_days": 23, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: young
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1206, forks 72 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:57.755445+00:00)

## What it is
Moli is a lightweight, fast headless browser built in Rust (on Servo technology) designed for AI agents to fetch, render, and extract web pages. It supports CLI usage plus CDP, WebDriver Classic, and WebDriver BiDi protocols, and outputs model-friendly formats like Markdown and semantic trees.

## Use cases
- fetch and extract web pages for AI agents
- render a webpage as markdown for an LLM
- automate browser tasks from an agent
- scrape dynamic websites without heavy Chrome
- convert web pages to structured JSON
- take screenshots or PDFs of pages on demand
- crawl websites with a lightweight headless browser

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, fast headless browser for AI agent web tasks
- you want model-friendly output like semantic trees or Markdown instead of raw HTML
- you need CDP or WebDriver compatibility without a full Chromium install
- you want a single cross-platform binary for scraping and page rendering

## When to avoid
- you need pixel-perfect rendering or full Chromium extension support
- you require persistent session replay or stored downloads (unavailable in Moli mode on Lexmount cloud)
- your automation depends on Chromium-specific behaviors or DevTools-only features
- you need a mature ecosystem of plugins and long-term community support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-scraping, browser-extension, cli, http-client, parser, workflow-automation, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, crawlers, artificial-intelligence, developer-tools
- platform: windows, rust, cli, cross-platform
- tags: headless-browser, browser-automation, ai-agents, cdp, webdriver, servo, semantic-tree, markdown-extraction, puppeteer-alternative, playwright-alternative, web-crawler, agent-tools, automation, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- lexmount/moli (main) score 79

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:57.755445+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 2026-08-30T06:19:18.167305+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lexmount/moli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:57.755445+00:00, sha 03d4ff3464d7)
  - homepage: https://browser.lexmount.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:27:02.298021+00:00, sha cc60d888d612)
  - site_page: https://browser.lexmount.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T12:27:02.307511+00:00, sha 21c5c6a3c6f5)
  - site_page: https://browser.lexmount.com/docs/nodejs-sdk/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T12:27:02.310784+00:00, sha 75084a5be11e)
  - site_page: https://browser.lexmount.com/docs/webfetch/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T12:27:02.312264+00:00, sha cb9ad7fb5d9e)
  - site_page: https://browser.lexmount.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T12:27:02.315707+00:00, sha f223d18d3fff)
  - site_page: https://browser.lexmount.com/quick-start (fetched 2026-08-29T12:27:02.309251+00:00, sha 274c544b8a92)
  - site_page: https://browser.lexmount.com/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T12:27:02.313919+00:00, sha 2ddf77835e48)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.