# pinchtab/pinchtab

High-performance browser automation bridge and multi-instance orchestrator with advanced stealth injection and real-time dashboard.

Repository: https://github.com/pinchtab/pinchtab
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pinchtab
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: browser-automation, cdp, golang, headless-chrome, orchestrator, stealth, web-scraping
Last push: 2026-08-26T12:02:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 14
- inputs: {"age_days": 199, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 1.0, "n_releases_24m": 37}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10144, forks 769 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:39.641336+00:00)

## What it is
PinchTab is a standalone Go HTTP server that gives AI agents direct control over Chrome via CDP, with stealth injection and multi-instance orchestration. It runs as a local daemon with an HTTP API, MCP server, and real-time dashboard.

## Use cases
- control a browser from AI agents
- scrape websites with headless chrome
- orchestrate multiple browser instances
- give an LLM agent web browsing tools
- automate web tasks via HTTP API
- run stealth browser automation

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight single-binary browser control plane for AI agents
- you want token-efficient browser automation over HTTP or MCP
- you need multi-instance headless Chrome orchestration with stealth features

## When to avoid
- you need a multi-tenant or public-internet-exposed browser service
- you only need simple scraping without agent integration
- you require a managed cloud browser service rather than self-hosted infrastructure

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: web-scraping, http-server, mcp, agent-framework, workflow-automation
- domain: developer-tools, crawlers, web-development
- platform: windows, go, cli, self-hosted
- tags: browser-automation, cdp, headless-chrome, stealth, orchestrator, http-api, dashboard, automation, ai-agents, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- pinchtab/pinchtab (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:39.641336+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 2026-08-29T17:19:41.639585+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pinchtab/pinchtab (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:39.641336+00:00, sha 2675cd3f2dad)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.