jmcarp/robobrowser
None 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 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4589
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2183
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3692 stars · 334 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
RoboBrowser is a Pythonic library for browsing the web without a standalone browser, combining Requests for HTTP sessions with BeautifulSoup for HTML parsing. It can fetch pages, follow links, and fill out and submit forms, making it useful for interacting with web services that lack APIs.
Use cases
- scrape websites without a headless browser
- fill out and submit HTML forms programmatically
- interact with web services that have no API
- parse and search HTML with CSS selectors or regex
- navigate site links with session history and cookies
When to choose
- you need lightweight scraping without JavaScript rendering
- you want a simple Requests + BeautifulSoup workflow with browser-like navigation
- you need to automate form submissions on static pages
When to avoid
- the target site relies heavily on JavaScript rendering
- you need full browser automation like screenshots or clicks on dynamic elements
- the project appears unmaintained and you need long-term support
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
web-scraping http-client parser web-development crawlers developer-tools python cross-platform beautifulsoup requests browser-automation html-parsing form-submission
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/jmcarp/robobrowser · fetched 2026-08-28 · afb346f400c5
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/robobrowser/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1de8a737f628
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| jmcarp/robobrowser | main | 32 |
For agents
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