sourcegraph/webloop

WebLoop: Scriptable, headless WebKit with a Go API. Like PhantomJS, but for Go. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/sourcegraph/webloop · homepage · Go · BSD-3-Clause (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 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

gap_med: n/a
age_days: 4693
days_rel: n/a
days_push: 884
n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1369 stars · 82 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

WebLoop is a scriptable, headless WebKit browser with a Go API, comparable to PhantomJS but for Go. It can render static HTML from dynamic JavaScript apps, automate browsing, and execute arbitrary JavaScript in a page context from Go or the command line.

Use cases

render static HTML versions of dynamic JavaScript single-page apps for SEO
automate headless browsing from Go code
run arbitrary JavaScript in a browser page context
serve a statically rendered reverse proxy of a dynamic web app
scrape or test pages that require JavaScript rendering

When to choose

you need headless browser rendering controlled from a Go program
you want to prerender an AngularJS/SPA site for crawlers and SEO
you prefer a PhantomJS-like tool with a Go API instead of Node.js

When to avoid

you need a maintained, actively developed headless browser (consider Playwright or Chrome DevTools Protocol instead)
you are not on Linux with WebKitGTK+ dependencies available
you need modern browser features beyond WebKitGTK 2.x capabilities

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

http-server web-scraping developer-tools cli web-development developer-tools go cli headless-browser webkit phantomjs-alternative static-rendering seo browser-automation automation linux

2 sources

readme: https://github.com/sourcegraph/webloop · fetched 2026-08-28 · d49237dc8a34
homepage: https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/sourcegraph/webloop · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3303abac8e6f

Member repositories

Repository	Role	Health v2
sourcegraph/webloop	main	32

For agents

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