Browser Use

An open-source library for AI agents that control a web browser, in Python and TypeScript, from the company that also sells cloud browsers and an agent API.

120k stars, 13.3k forks Python On GitHub since October 2024

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What is Browser Use?

Browser Use lets a language model operate a real browser: it reads the page, clicks, types, fills forms and moves between tabs to complete a task such as finding a free slot and booking an appointment. You run it locally with any model and write the task in plain language from Python or TypeScript code. The same company offers Browser Use Cloud with stealth browsers, CAPTCHA solving, residential proxies and a hosted agent API, priced per browser hour.

Good fit if

  • You are building an agent that has to work on websites without an API.
  • You want to automate web tasks with natural-language instructions in your own code.

Look elsewhere if

  • You automate business apps through their APIs rather than websites: n8n.
  • You want a coding agent for your repository: OpenHands or OpenCode.

Before you adopt it

The library is MIT-licensed, and running it on your own machine costs only the model calls. Stealth browsers, CAPTCHA handling and proxies belong to the paid cloud, not to the open code.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

Browser Use health: is it still maintained?

64 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    426 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 30 October 2026.
    30 / 30
  • Contributors
    5 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 63% of them.
    10 / 20
  • Releases
    15 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, 0.13.14, on 26 October 2026.
    19 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 0% of recent issues.
    0 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

Browser Use license: is it open source?

Browser Use uses MIT, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. October 2024First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayMIT.

How to run Browser Use yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
None in the repository
Setup effort
Not rated: no compose file to judge from
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
English only

Install instructions: browser-use.com or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about Browser Use

Is Browser Use open source?

Yes. Browser Use is published under MIT, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is Browser Use still maintained?

Its health score is 64 of 100 (actively developed). It had 426 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 30 October 2026, and its latest release came out on 26 October 2026.

How do I run Browser Use?

You can run it with Docker. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to Browser Use?

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