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

Browserless at a glance

Category
Browser and computer use
Website
browserless.io

Is Browserless growing? Usage data

In the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, Browserless ranked #371 on the Devtoolwatch Board and #16 in Browser and computer use, with a momentum score of 14 out of 100.

New GitHub stars per week for Browserless12 weeks from Aug 9, 2026: 31, 36, 21, 30, 27, 38, 28, 29, 35, 30, 44, 27 new stars, an average of 31 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 Browserless
Week ofNew stars
Aug 9, 202631
Aug 16, 202636
Aug 23, 202621
Aug 30, 202630
Sep 6, 202627
Sep 13, 202638
Sep 20, 202628
Sep 27, 202629
Oct 4, 202635
Oct 11, 202630
Oct 18, 202644
Oct 25, 202627

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.

Browserless 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

All browser and computer-use agents, ranked

Browserless FAQ

How popular is Browserless?

Browserless has 13.9k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 27 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 31 a week. That made it #16 among browser and computer-use agents on the Devtoolwatch Board.

What are the best alternatives to Browserless?

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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