open-browser-use

Name: open-browser-use
Author: iFurySt

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🔮 Platform-neutral Browser Use for AI agents: real Chrome automation with a CLI + SDKs, no lock-in, dead simple.

180stars

17forks

JavaScript

Installation

# Add to your Claude Code skills
git clone https://github.com/iFurySt/open-browser-use

Getting Started

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Security ReportVerified

Last scanned: 5/30/2026

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  "issues": [],
  "status": "PASSED",
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README.md

Frequently Asked Questions

What is open-browser-use?

open-browser-use is an open-source ai agents skill for AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, and ChatGPT, built by iFurySt. 🔮 Platform-neutral Browser Use for AI agents: real Chrome automation with a CLI + SDKs, no lock-in, dead simple. It has 180 GitHub stars.

Is open-browser-use safe to use?

Yes. open-browser-use passed SkillsLLM's automated security scan — a dependency vulnerability audit plus prompt-injection heuristics — with no high-severity issues. You can read the full report in the Security Report section on this page.

How do I install open-browser-use?

Clone the repository with "git clone https://github.com/iFurySt/open-browser-use" and add it to your Claude Code skills directory (see the Installation section above).

What programming language is open-browser-use written in?

open-browser-use is primarily written in JavaScript. It is open-source under iFurySt on GitHub, so you can review or fork the full source.

Are there alternatives to open-browser-use?

Yes. SkillsLLM lists many other AI Agents skills you can browse and compare side by side. Open the AI Agents category from the badge at the top of this page, or use the Related Skills and comparison links further down to weigh open-browser-use against similar tools.

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open-browser-use is a browser automation layer that stays neutral across agent runtimes. It is also an open-source alternative to the Chrome Browser Use capability recently shipped in Codex.app. For the story behind it, see the Browser Use Deep Dive.

Under the hood, it pairs a browser extension with the open-browser-use CLI. You can integrate it through the JavaScript SDK, Python SDK, Go SDK, or the CLI.

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Quick Start

npm i -g open-browser-use
open-browser-use setup

Install the CLI

# npm (macOS, Linux, Windows)
npm i -g open-browser-use

# Homebrew (macOS, Linux)
brew tap iFurySt/open-browser-use && brew install open-browser-use

# Upgrade
npm update -g open-browser-use

Set Up Chrome

Register the native host for the extension. The setup command also opens the Chrome Web Store page so you can install or enable the matching Chrome extension, then restart Chrome if needed.

open-browser-use setup

If the Chrome Web Store item is temporarily unavailable, use open-browser-use setup beta to prepare a keyed release ZIP for manual installation from chrome://extensions/.

Use It

SDK

# JavaScript / TypeScript
npm install open-browser-use-sdk

# Python
pip install open-browser-use-sdk

# Go
go get github.com/ifuryst/open-browser-use/packages/open-browser-use-go

The SDK package name is open-browser-use-sdk on both npm and PyPI. Python code imports it as open_browser_use; Go code imports the SDK package as obu.

Skill

Install the skill directly:

# Install for Codex
npx skills add iFurySt/open-browser-use -g -a codex --skill open-browser-use -y
npx skills ls -g -a codex | rg 'open-browser-use'
codex exec --skip-git-repo-check "Use open-browser-use to check today’s Hacker News and summarize the most worth-reading posts."

# Install for Claude Code
npx skills add iFurySt/open-browser-use -g -a claude-code --skill open-browser-use -y

Update an existing global install, including the Codex install created above:

npx skills update open-browser-use -g -y

# `upgrade` is an alias for `update`
npx skills upgrade open-browser-use -g -y

You can also manually download and install the open-browser-use skill, then start using it from your agent.

Downloadable .skill and .zip packages are available in GitHub Releases.

MCP

Install the MCP server into all supported global agent configs:

npx add-mcp "obu mcp" --name open_browser_use --all -g -y
npx add-mcp list -g

You can also configure an agent runtime with local MCP stdio support manually:

[mcp_servers.open_browser_use]
command = "obu"
args = ["mcp"]

The server exposes browser tools for tab listing, opening, claiming, navigation, CDP, action plans, and cleanup.

License

MIT