# Browserless

Docker image that runs headless browsers as a service, which Puppeteer and Playwright scripts connect to over WebSocket.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/browserless/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-31
Listed since: 2026-10-31

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.browserless.io
- repository: https://github.com/browserless/browserless
- docs: https://docs.browserless.io
- pricing: https://www.browserless.io/pricing
- x: https://x.com/browserless
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/browserless/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: browserless.io, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2018
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: media
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 24
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: docker

### License

- licenseModel: source-available
- license: SSPL-1.0, Browserless Commercial License

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-30

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 13878
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: 82
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.browserless.io (read 2026-10-31)
- urls: https://github.com/browserless/browserless (read 2026-10-31)
- urls: https://docs.browserless.io (read 2026-10-31)
- license: https://github.com/browserless/browserless/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-31)
- license: https://github.com/browserless/browserless/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-31)
- category: https://www.browserless.io (read 2026-10-31)
- language: https://github.com/browserless/browserless (read 2026-10-31)
- runtime: https://github.com/browserless/browserless/blob/v2.58.1/package.json (read 2026-10-31)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/browserless/browserless/blob/v2.58.1/package.json (read 2026-10-31)
- runsAs: https://github.com/browserless/browserless/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-31)
- installMethod: https://github.com/browserless/browserless/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-31)
- urls: https://www.browserless.io/pricing (read 2026-10-31)
- maintainer: https://www.browserless.io/terms (read 2026-10-31)
- maintainerType: https://www.browserless.io/terms (read 2026-10-31)
- hqCountry: https://www.browserless.io/privacy (read 2026-10-31)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/browserless/browserless/releases/tag/v2.58.1 (read 2026-10-31)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/browserless/browserless/releases/tag/v2.58.1 (read 2026-10-31)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/browserless/browserless/tree/1.2.0 (read 2026-10-31)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/browserless/browserless (read 2026-10-31)
- contributors: https://github.com/browserless/browserless (read 2026-10-31)

## Notes

Browserless is a Docker image that runs headless browsers as a service. Scripts written for Puppeteer or Playwright connect to it over WebSocket, and the quick start in the [README](https://github.com/browserless/browserless/blob/main/README.md) shows a local run that serves a WebSocket address once the container starts. The documentation covers the Docker deployment and the Enterprise image.

The [Enterprise overview](https://docs.browserless.io/enterprise/overview) describes the Enterprise image as the full feature set in a self-hosted container. The pricing page lists SSO and user roles among the Enterprise features. The README also describes a fully managed, pay-as-you-go cloud service.

## Worth knowing

The source is dual-licensed. The [LICENSE file](https://github.com/browserless/browserless/blob/main/LICENSE) offers the MongoDB Server-Side Public License or the browserless commercial license, and it says that building commercial sites or applications, or running a closed-source continuous-integration system, needs a commercial license.

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