Bun 1.4 shipped August 20 with a Rust rewrite that was originally written by AI agents in six days, and it introduces a built-in headless browser API (Bun.WebView), along with native modules for cron …
Chrome DevTools for agents now supports installing and controlling Chrome extensions during automated tests, bridging a gap for coding agents that previously could only navigate pages. The feature, bu…
Cloudflare released Kitesurf, a browser engine for AI agents with zero Chromium code, during its Agents Week 2026 event. The engine runs in V8 isolates on Cloudflare Workers, uses up to 7x less memory…
A developer released Slack Datamine, an open-source tool that mines Slack's webpack bundle to extract API methods, feature flags, error codes, analytics events, and AI-related enum values, committing …
Browser Use co-founder and CTO Gregor Zunic launched macOS Harness on August 17th, an experimental open-source Python layer that gives coding agents direct control over native Mac applications, files,…
Cloudflare introduced Kitesurf on August 6, a stateless browser for AI agents that runs in V8 isolates on Cloudflare Workers rather than on Chromium, available in beta through Cloudflare Browser Run. …
OpenAI threatened to ban the account of a developer preparing a talk on web automation, according to the developer. The talk, titled 'The Dark Arts of Web Automation,' argues that AI agents can appear…
Mincdp, a minimal Chrome DevTools Protocol client in ~410 lines of C or a single Java file, lets developers drive headless Chrome for tests without Selenium or a version-matched chromedriver. The libr…
A developer solved the problem of Claude Code not working with Chrome in WSL2 by using Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP) with a single Chrome instance on port 9222 and two drivers: one for cheap accessib…
Rustwright, a Rust rewrite of the Playwright browser automation library, is 2.55× faster and uses 70% less memory than the original by eliminating the Node.js driver subprocess. Developed by Skyvern, …
A developer released slack-debloat, an open-source tool that removes Slackbot, AI upsells, and other annoyances from the Slack macOS desktop app by injecting custom CSS and JavaScript via Chrome DevTo…
Emre Sokullu released WebBrain, a free, open-source browser agent for Chrome and Firefox that reads pages, extracts data, and automates multi-step tasks, with the option to run entirely on a local mod…
An open-source browser automation MCP called Brocogni reduces token costs by 81% compared to Playwright MCP by pre-computing selectors server-side. The developer found that iteration, not observation …
A developer building agentic workflows with LLMs like Claude or Cursor found that standard HTTP requests fail to retrieve data from modern single-page applications because the content is rendered clie…
Builder.io released Clips, a free, open-source, agent-native alternative to Loom that lets users share screen recordings designed to be read directly by AI agents. The tool provides agent-readable met…
Workdir launched an open-source API for creating, executing, and deleting Firecracker microVMs as sandboxes for AI agents, featuring sub-50ms boot times, per-second metering, and a standby mode that s…
For most new browser automation projects in 2026, Playwright is the better default due to its speed, reliability from auto-waiting, and superior debugging tools. Selenium remains the right choice for …
A developer created chrome-mcp, a dedicated Chrome launcher for the chrome-devtools MCP server that isolates automation profiles from daily browsing. The tool prevents reCAPTCHA triggers and security …
Helios, a new open-source tool, renders browser animations into video by driving the browser's native animation engine, enabling developers to use standard CSS and JS animations without reimplementati…
OpenAI released Chrome DevTools Protocol support for its coding agent Codex, enabling controlled browser access to inspect and modify live web pages. The opt-in feature, restricted from the EEA, UK, a…