# berstend/puppeteer-extra

💯  Teach puppeteer new tricks through plugins.

Repository: https://github.com/berstend/puppeteer-extra
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/puppeteer-extra
Homepage: https://extra.community
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: puppeteer, chrome, automation, headless-chrome, stealth, user-preferences, puppeteer-plugins, puppeteer-extra, recaptcha, monorepo, lerna, yarn-workspaces, headless-browser
Last push: 2024-07-18T12:28:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3032, "days_push": 776, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7398, forks 781 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:59.668807+00:00)

## What it is
A modular plugin framework for Puppeteer (and Playwright via playwright-extra) that extends headless browser automation with drop-in plugins. It includes popular plugins like stealth (anti-detection evasions), recaptcha solving, adblocking, and user-preference management.

## Use cases
- scrape websites with headless chrome without getting detected
- solve recaptcha challenges during browser automation
- add plugins to puppeteer scripts
- automate browser tasks with stealth evasions
- block ads in headless browser sessions
- customize browser fingerprint and user agent in puppeteer

## When to choose
- you use Puppeteer or Playwright and want modular, reusable browser automation extensions
- you need anti-bot-detection evasions like the stealth plugin
- you want community plugins such as recaptcha solving or adblocking

## When to avoid
- you need a simple one-off script with no plugin needs - plain puppeteer suffices
- you require a non-JavaScript language binding
- you need guaranteed evasion of all bot-detection systems, since detection methods evolve constantly

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: web-scraping, plugin-system, middleware, workflow-automation, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, crawlers
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: puppeteer, playwright, headless-browser, stealth, browser-automation, recaptcha-solving, monorepo, automation, nodejs

## Member repositories
- berstend/puppeteer-extra (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:59.668807+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 2026-08-29T17:38:03.949750+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/berstend/puppeteer-extra (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:59.668807+00:00, sha fef42eea7f49)
  - homepage: https://extra.community (fetched 2026-08-29T08:33:38.768253+00:00, sha 2abfc726f08f)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/puppeteer-extra (fetched 2026-08-29T08:33:38.777409+00:00, sha a08140358969)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.