# amir20/phantomjs-node

PhantomJS integration module for NodeJS

Repository: https://github.com/amir20/phantomjs-node
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/phantomjs-node
Homepage: http://amirraminfar.com/phantomjs-node/
Language: JavaScript
License: ISC
License Family: permissive
Topics: phantomjs, nodejs, phantomjs-process, javascript
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-12-03T19:01:28+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": 5450, "days_push": 2465, "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 3517, forks 472 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:07.870925+00:00)

## What it is
A NodeJS wrapper providing a promise-based API around the PhantomJS headless browser. It lets JavaScript code create PhantomJS instances, open pages, and capture rendered content.

## Use cases
- scrape rendered content from web pages in node
- test if my website works in older browsers
- open a url headlessly and get the page html
- capture page content with phantomjs from nodejs
- monitor network requests made by a page

## When to choose
- you must automate the legacy PhantomJS browser specifically
- maintaining an existing codebase already built on this module

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - use Puppeteer or Playwright instead
- you need a maintained, supported headless browser
- you need modern browser features or security updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: http-client, web-scraping, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: phantomjs, headless-browser, browser-automation, deprecated, automation, nodejs

## Member repositories
- amir20/phantomjs-node (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.870925+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 2026-08-29T18:35:34.213017+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/amir20/phantomjs-node (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:07.870925+00:00, sha 64520ffe9841)
  - homepage: http://amirraminfar.com/phantomjs-node/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:29:38.423635+00:00, sha 2ce9ce85f729)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.