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johntitus/node-horseman

Run PhantomJS from Node observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/johntitus/node-horseman · JavaScript · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4328
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 2272
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1485 stars · 121 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Node.js library providing a chainable, Promise-based API for controlling the PhantomJS headless browser, supporting page navigation, form interaction, and multi-tab browsing. It is no longer maintained, with maintainers recommending Puppeteer or Nightmare instead.

Use cases

  • scrape web pages from node
  • automate form filling and clicking in a headless browser
  • take screenshots of web pages
  • run headless browser tests
  • extract text or count elements on a page
  • open multiple browser tabs concurrently

When to choose

  • you are locked into legacy PhantomJS-based infrastructure
  • maintaining an old codebase that already uses node-horseman

When to avoid

  • starting any new project - it is officially unsupported
  • you need modern browser support - use Puppeteer or Playwright
  • you need active maintenance or security updates

Facets

library · maturity abandoned

http-client web-scraping testing web-development crawlers headless-browser phantomjs browser-automation scraping deprecated automation nodejs javascript

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
johntitus/node-horsemanmain32

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