open-browser-use: Platform-neutral Browser Use for AI agents: real Chrome automation with a CLI + SDKs, no lock-in, dead simple

by iFurySt · MCP Server · ★ 412

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How to install open-browser-use

npm i -g open-browser-use
npm install open-browser-use-sdk

Taken from the project's README on GitHub.

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 71/100

None of the 42 rules matched — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against 42 published rules built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours.

The quality score combines nine heuristic checks of the repo and its README: completeness, clarity, specificity, examples, structure, agent readiness, step-by-step content, instruction quality and security notes. It rates how well the project explains itself to an agent, not the code.

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Quick Facts

Stars412
Forks42
LanguageJavaScript
CategoryMCP Server
LicenseMIT
Quality Score71/100
Open Issues10
Last Updated2026-11-03
Created2026-04-24
Platformsbrowser, cli, codex, mcp, node
Est. Tokens~14k

About open-browser-use

Open Browser Use [!TIP] Interested in Computer Use? Check out open-computer-use. is a browser automation layer that stays neutral across agent runtimes. It is also an open-source alternative to the Chrome Browser Use capability recently shipped in Codex.app. For the story behind it, see the Browser Use Deep Dive. Under the hood, it pairs a browser extension with the CLI.

Compatible Skills

These tools work well together with open-browser-use for enhanced workflows:

  • bux — semantic(0.57)+complementary+rare_topics+similar_pop+shared_platform (69%)
  • gemini-browser-agent — semantic(0.52)+complementary+rare_topics+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (68%)
  • frago — semantic(0.45)+complementary+rare_topics+similar_pop+shared_platform (64%)
  • Interceptor — semantic(0.56)+complementary+rare_topics+similar_pop+shared_platform (64%)
  • claude-chromium-native-messaging — semantic(0.34)+complementary+rare_topics+similar_pop+shared_platform (61%)

open-browser-use alternative? Top 6 similar tools

Looking for a open-browser-use alternative? If you're comparing open-browser-use with other mcp server tools, these 6 projects are the closest alternatives on Agent Skills Hub — ranked by topic overlap, star count, and community traction.

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    let any ai agent use the local browser

  • Uni-CLI by olo-dot-io · ⭐ 232

    One command for every interface—search, run, and inspect real software across APIs, browsers, desktops, local

  • bluebox by VectorlyApp · ⭐ 200

    Index the world's undocumented APIs

  • browser-debugger-cli by szymdzum · ⭐ 183

    Let Claude Code and other coding agents drive and debug Chrome from the shell. DOM, network, console and raw C

  • native-devtools-mcp by sh3ll3x3c · ⭐ 125

    MCP server for computer use & browser automation - screenshot, OCR, click, type, find_text, Chrome/Electron C

  • frago by tsaijamey · ⭐ 113

    Multi-runtime automation infrastructure for AI agents. Native CDP browser control, metadata-driven Recipe syst

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How this security grade is produced

Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy: 42 published rules, covering credential harvesting, data exfiltration, curl | sh installers and more. It is a first-layer scan, not a manual audit — we say so rather than overstate it.

The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.

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