# Alternatives to Playwright

15 alternatives to Playwright, picked out of 3 saved Instagram reels and 18 liked tweets, from creators like @ctatedev, @Shpigford, @ai_for_success. 14 of them are free, freemium or open source.

## 15 alternatives

- [agent-browser](https://xiry.app/resources/agent-browser): Browser automation CLI and engine purpose-built for AI agents (GitHub repo, Open source)
- [Hyperbrowser App Examples](https://xiry.app/resources/hyperbrowser-app-examples): Open-source web apps and AI browser tools built with Hyperbrowser (GitHub repo, Open source)
- [PinchTab](https://xiry.app/resources/pinchtab-2375): Lightweight Go binary exposing an HTTP API to control Chrome browsers (GitHub repo, Open source)
- [Accessing X Internal API via Session Tokens](https://xiry.app/resources/accessing-x-internal-api-via-session-tokens): Tutorial explaining session token replay for internal X API access (Framework, Free)
- [agent-browser Environments](https://xiry.app/resources/agent-browser-environments): Run browser automation agents inside on-demand isolated sandbox environments (Web app, Free)
- [API Anything](https://xiry.app/resources/api-anything): Turn websites into plain HTTP APIs for AI agents to call directly. (GitHub repo, Open source)
- [autobrowse](https://xiry.app/resources/autobrowse): Self-improving browser automation skill for AI coding agents (GitHub repo, Open source)
- [browse.sh](https://xiry.app/resources/browse-sh): Open catalog of browser automation skills and CLI for AI agents (Web app, Freemium)
- [browser-use](https://xiry.app/resources/browser-use): Open-source Python library enabling AI agents to control web browsers. (GitHub repo, Open source)
- [browser-use/bux](https://xiry.app/resources/browser-use-bux): Always-on Claude Code browser automation agent controllable via Telegram (Web app, Open source)
- [Enabling FIRE-1 in the Firecrawl Scrape API](https://xiry.app/resources/enabling-fire-1-in-the-firecrawl-scrape-api): API configuration pattern for Firecrawl's agent-driven web navigation model (Tip, Freemium)
- [Obscura](https://xiry.app/resources/obscura): Lightweight Rust headless browser for AI agents and web scraping (GitHub repo, Open source)
- [Prompt-based web scraping with Firecrawl /extract](https://xiry.app/resources/prompt-based-web-scraping-with-firecrawl-extract): Extract structured web data into JSON using natural language prompts (Tip)
- [Scrapling](https://xiry.app/resources/scrapling): Adaptive Python web scraping framework with anti-bot bypass and element relocation. (GitHub repo, Open source)
- [vibetest-use](https://xiry.app/resources/vibetest-use): MCP server running parallel browser agents for automated website QA testing (GitHub repo, Open source)

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