{"slug": "ego-lite", "title": "ego lite", "summary": "Citrolabs released ego (lite) v2.0.0, an MIT-licensed Chromium browser that lets AI agents such as Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor drive the user's own logged-in browser session through a connection layer called ego-browser, avoiding separate headless instances that must re-authenticate. The repository has drawn 16,077 stars, up 4,417 (38%) in the last 30 days, and its batch JavaScript actions complete complex tasks up to 3.45x faster than comparable tools, according to the project. The browser keeps all browsing data local and offers one-click Chrome migration of bookmarks, passwords, extensions, cookies, and tab groups.", "body_md": "Open Source Alternative to:\n\n16,077stars+4,417(+38%)\n\nLast 30 days\n\n- Last commit \n4 hours ago\n- Repository age \n5 months\n- Version \nv2.0.0\n- License [MIT](https://openalternative.co/licenses/mit)\n- Repository [citrolabs/ego-lite](https://github.com/citrolabs/ego-lite)\n\nego (lite) is a Chromium browser designed to be used by both you and your AI agents at the same time. Instead of spinning up a separate headless browser that has no access to your logins, agents like Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor drive ego (lite) directly through a connection layer called ego-browser. They get your real cookies, sessions, and logged-in state from day one.\n\nThe core problem it solves: most [browser automation for AI](https://openalternative.co/categories/ai-machine-learning/ai-interaction-interfaces/browser-automation-for-ai) tools require a blank browser instance that has to re-authenticate to every service before doing anything useful. ego (lite) skips that entirely by sharing the same Chromium profile you already use daily.\n\n**Key capabilities:**\n\n- **Spaces** keep the agent's work isolated from yours. It runs tasks in its own workspace; your tabs stay untouched unless you hand one over.\n- **Parallel task execution** lets multiple agents run separate automation jobs simultaneously, each in its own Space, without colliding.\n- **Batch JavaScript actions** let an agent run several in-page steps in one pass rather than one tool call at a time, cutting token usage and finishing complex tasks up to 3.45x faster than comparable tools.\n- **Semantic snapshots** are generated inside a custom Chromium engine, not a JavaScript shim. They reach into cross-origin iframes, shadow DOM, and third-party widgets like Stripe, Salesforce, and React portals that standard tools miss.\n- **Chrome migration** imports your bookmarks, passwords, extensions, cookies, and tab groups in one click during onboarding.\n- **No login friction** means agents never hit captchas, 2FA prompts, or SSO redirects, because they're already authenticated through your session.\n\nUnlike [Browserbase](https://openalternative.co/alternatives/browserbase) or [Anchor Browser](https://openalternative.co/alternatives/anchor-browser), ego (lite) is also your daily browser. You don't run it alongside Chrome; it replaces Chrome. Any agent that can invoke a shell command can drive it through ego-browser, with no SDK to integrate and no model lock-in. 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