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Browser Use review

Open-source Python library for AI browser agents, plus Browser Use Cloud: stealth browsers and a hosted agent API.

Updated Nov 1, 2026. Review written Nov 1, 2026 from the project's own sources; usage data refreshed every Monday.

Browser Use at a glance

Category
Browser and computer use
Website
browser-use.com

Is Browser Use growing? Usage data

In the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, Browser Use ranked #298 on the Devtoolwatch Board and #12 in Browser and computer use, with a momentum score of 31 out of 100. Its main package had 1.5M downloads that week, −17% against its own 4-week average.

New GitHub stars per week for Browser Use12 weeks from Aug 9, 2026: 989, 882, 1.6k, 789, 2k, 999, 1.1k, 696, 770, 852, 793, 700 new stars, an average of 1k a week.Aug 9week of Oct 25
New GitHub stars per week for the last 12 weeks, from GitHub's stargazer history (today's stargazers by the week they starred).
Show the weekly numbers
New GitHub stars per week for Browser Use
Week ofNew stars
Aug 9, 2026989
Aug 16, 2026882
Aug 23, 20261.6k
Aug 30, 2026789
Sep 6, 20262k
Sep 13, 2026999
Sep 20, 20261.1k
Sep 27, 2026696
Oct 4, 2026770
Oct 11, 2026852
Oct 18, 2026793
Oct 25, 2026700

The Board ranks tools by four signals each week: new stars, new stars for the repo's size, added downloads and download growth beyond the market. How the ranking works.

Browser Use alternatives

Other browser and computer-use agents on the Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum:

Browser and computer use ranked by momentum, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026
RankToolStarsDownloads/wk
#1ego liteego lite is a Chromium-based browser that lets AI agents like Claude Code or Codex run browser automation using your logged-in browser…21k–
#2MoliMoli is an open-source headless browser for AI agents, built in Rust, that fetches, extracts, and automates web pages through CLI, CDP,…21.9k–
#3CuaCua is open-source infrastructure that gives AI agents full desktops, with desktop automation drivers, local VMs, sandboxes, and…31.4k–
#4Browser HarnessBrowser Harness is an open-source Python tool that lets Claude Code, Codex or Cursor control your real Chrome browser, logged in as you.18.8k3.3M
#5Jev UltrafastJev Ultrafast is an open-source Python browser agent that picks an operation and an indexed page element per step, using TypeSafe's Jev.24k–
#6StagehandStagehand is an SDK for building browser agents that automate and extract data from websites using natural language, in TypeScript,…25.9k3M

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Browser Use FAQ

How popular is Browser Use?

Browser Use has 119.7k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 700 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 1k a week. Its main package had 1.5M downloads that week, −17% against its own 4-week average. That made it #12 among browser and computer-use agents on the Devtoolwatch Board.

What are the best alternatives to Browser Use?

Other browser and computer-use agents on the Devtoolwatch Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum: ego lite (#1), Moli (#2), Cua (#3), Browser Harness (#4), Jev Ultrafast (#5). The alternatives table above has their numbers.

Sources

  1. Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026

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