# cdpdriver/zendriver

A blazing fast, async-first, undetectable webscraping/web automation framework based on ultrafunkamsterdam/nodriver. Now with Docker support!

Repository: https://github.com/cdpdriver/zendriver
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zendriver
Homepage: https://zendriver.dev
Language: Python
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: chrome, chrome-devtools-protocol, python, webscraping, async, anti-bot, bot-detection, browser, captcha, chromedriver, cloudflare, cloudflare-bypass, selenium, webdriver, browser-automation
Last push: 2026-08-16T23:23:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 48
- inputs: {"age_days": 683, "days_push": 17, "days_rel": 17, "gap_med": 5.5, "n_releases_24m": 43}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1409, forks 109 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:38.669648+00:00)

## What it is
Zendriver is an async-first Python web scraping and browser automation framework built on the Chrome Devtools Protocol, forked from nodriver. It drives a real Chrome browser without Selenium/WebDriver, making automation fast and resistant to bot detection.

## Use cases
- scrape websites that block selenium and webdriver
- automate chrome browser tasks with python
- bypass cloudflare bot detection while scraping
- run headless browser automation in docker
- automate login flows and save cookies
- scrape content from pages with iframes and infinite scroll

## When to choose
- you need undetectable browser automation that evades anti-bot systems
- you want fast async Python control of a real Chrome browser
- you need to deploy browser automation in Docker with a real GPU-accelerated browser
- selenium or playwright is being detected by the target site

## When to avoid
- you only need simple HTTP requests without JavaScript rendering
- your project requires a permissive license (AGPL-3.0)
- you need cross-browser support beyond Chrome/Chromium
- you need a long-term stable API from an upstream-maintained project

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: web-scraping, http-client, browser-extension, workflow-automation
- domain: web-development, crawlers, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: chrome-devtools-protocol, anti-bot-detection, browser-automation, async, selenium-alternative, cloudflare-bypass, nodriver-fork, automation, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- cdpdriver/zendriver (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.669648+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 2026-08-30T04:38:31.278224+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cdpdriver/zendriver (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.669648+00:00, sha 962f0c9ac452)
  - homepage: https://zendriver.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T11:52:04.224445+00:00, sha 316cb1d81ff5)
  - site_page: https://zendriver.dev/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T11:52:04.237645+00:00, sha ae9739403618)
  - site_page: https://zendriver.dev/tutorials (fetched 2026-08-29T11:52:04.240604+00:00, sha 920cbe70313f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.