vessel-browser: what it is, how to install & alternatives

by unmodeled-tyler · MCP Server · ★ 131

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About vessel-browser

Vessel: Your Agent's Browser Open source chromium-based browser for persistent web agents. Linux is the most mature install target today, and macOS release packaging is available from source. Vessel gives external agent harnesses a real browser with durable state, MCP control, and a human-visible supervisory UI. It is built for long-running workflows where the agent drives and the human audits, intervenes, and redirects when needed. Built for agent harnesses such as Hermes Agent, OpenClaw, and other MCP clients Keeps browser state alive with named sessions, pinned tabs, editable/exportable bookmarks, annotated checkpoints, action undo, and structured page visi

How to install vessel-browser

npm install -g @quanta-intellect/vessel-browser
npx @quanta-intellect/vessel-browser

Taken from the project's README on GitHub. Check the security audit before running it.

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 73/100

No red flags found in any of the 11 categories — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →

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Quick Facts

Stars131
Forks13
LanguageTypeScript
CategoryMCP Server
LicenseMIT
Quality Score72.5319199412635/100
Open Issues8
Last Updated2026-09-15
Created2026-03-07
Platformsbrowser, claude-code, codex, mcp, node
Est. Tokens~21k

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is vessel-browser?

vessel-browser is Built from the ground-up for agents, Vessel Browser is an open source AI browser for Linux/Mac/Windows that provides a durable state, MCP control, and BYOK with full autonomous browsing. Use with Herm. It is categorized as a MCP Server with 131 GitHub stars.

What programming language is vessel-browser written in?

vessel-browser is primarily written in TypeScript. It covers topics such as agents, ai-agents, ai-browser.

How do I install or use vessel-browser?

The README on GitHub (github.com/unmodeled-tyler/vessel-browser) gives: npm install -g @quanta-intellect/vessel-browser , then npx @quanta-intellect/vessel-browser. Usage details are in the same README.

What license does vessel-browser use?

vessel-browser is released under the MIT license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to vessel-browser?

The top alternatives to vessel-browser on Agent Skills Hub include dreamgraph, RollingGo-Hotel-MCP-Global, Dida-Hotel-MCP-Global. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

How this security grade is produced

Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, covering 11 red-flag categories including credential harvesting, data exfiltration, and curl | sh installers. 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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