# browser-use

> Open-source Python library enabling AI agents to control web browsers.

browser-use is an open-source framework that lets LLMs interact with web pages like human users. It identifies interactive elements, handles navigation, fills forms, and bypasses barriers to automate multi-step online tasks. It provides a standard base for building autonomous browser agents with custom LLM backends.

Website: https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use

## What it is for

- Automate online research across multiple websites and platforms
- Navigate forms, select options, and book appointments or reservations autonomously
- Scrape dynamic web content and extract structured data using AI vision

## Features

- Element detection using numbered bounding-box visual tags
- Support for multiple LLM providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, and custom endpoints
- Form filling, clicking, typing, and complex page navigation
- Terminal logging detailing agent reasoning and executed actions
- Docker support and cloud-hosted execution options

## Pricing

Open source. Free and open source (MIT license); paid managed cloud platform available with signup credit.

## Details

- Type: GitHub repo
- Category: [AI](https://xiry.app/topics/ai.md)
- Topic: [AI Agents](https://xiry.app/topics/ai/ai-agents.md)
- Open source: yes
- Platforms: Code library, Command line, Self-hosted, Web
- For: Python developers building AI agents and web automation pipelines.
- Alternative to: Manus, Playwright, Puppeteer
- Tags: agents, browser automation, llm, python, scraping, web

## Why it was saved

- [@sabrina_ramonov, 13 March 2025](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHJOS9oMNiU/): Allows developers and creators to build autonomous browser-based workflows (like searching Twitter, researching on Google, and drafting posts on Threads) without manual intervention.

## Compare

- [Alternatives to Puppeteer](https://xiry.app/alternatives/puppeteer.md)
- [Alternatives to Playwright](https://xiry.app/alternatives/playwright.md)
- [Alternatives to Manus](https://xiry.app/alternatives/manus.md)

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- [Skills.sh](https://xiry.app/resources/skills-sh): Open directory and CLI for discovering and installing AI agent skills (Web app, Free)
- [Odin AI](https://xiry.app/resources/odin-ai): Enterprise platform to build autonomous AI agents and automated business workflows. (Web app, Paid)
- [ai-agent-cognitivedriftt](https://xiry.app/resources/ai-agent-cognitivedriftt): Starter repository for building an autonomous social AI agent with Eliza (GitHub repo, Open source)
- [Botpress](https://xiry.app/resources/botpress): AI agent and chatbot platform for automated customer support and workflows. (Web app, Freemium)
- [Browser Use Box](https://xiry.app/resources/browser-use-box): Always-on cloud agent box with preinstalled browser and Telegram interface (Web app, Paid)
- [Browser Use WebUI](https://xiry.app/resources/browser-use-webui): Open-source graphical interface for running autonomous AI browser agents locally. (Web app, Open source)

Updated 3 October 2026. Page: https://xiry.app/resources/browser-use

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