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Browserless

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

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 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 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 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.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
browserless.io, Inc.8
Maintained by
Company8
First release
201811
Headquarters
United States9

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Always on6
Install with
docker6

Releases

Current major version
210
Last release
2026-10-3010

Adoption

GitHub stars
13,8782
Contributors
822

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-31: links, Categories
    www.browserless.io
  2. 2026-10-31: links, Written in, GitHub stars, Contributors
    github.com/browserless/browserless
  3. 2026-10-31: links
    docs.browserless.io
  4. 2026-10-31: License
    github.com/browserless/browserless/blob/main/LICENSE
  5. 2026-10-31: Runtime, Minimum runtime
    github.com/browserless/browserless/blob/v2.58.1/package.json
  6. 2026-10-31: Runs as, Install with
    github.com/browserless/browserless/blob/main/README.md
  7. 2026-10-31: links
    www.browserless.io/pricing
  8. 2026-10-31: Maintainer, Maintained by
    www.browserless.io/terms
  9. 2026-10-31: Headquarters
    www.browserless.io/privacy
  10. 2026-10-31: Current major version, Last release
    github.com/browserless/browserless/releases/tag/v2.58.1
  11. 2026-10-31: First release
    github.com/browserless/browserless/tree/1.2.0

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