AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to On-device browser agent (Qwen) running locally in Chrome

Demo of LOCAL Browser agent (powered by Web GPU Liquid LFM & Alibaba Qwen models) opening the All in Podcast on Youtube running as a chrome extension. Source: https://github.com/RunanywhereAI/on-device-browser-agent Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1qh10q9/comment... Geting in the support for web sdk soon, meanwhile have full support for mobile sdks : https://github.com/RunanywhereAI/runanywhere-sdks

This is a Chrome extension that runs an AI browser agent locally on a user's device, powered by Alibaba's Qwen models and Web GPU technology. The agent can navigate websites and perform tasks like opening specific… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 4 we have checked on their own sites, 4 of them free or with a free tier.

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   BrowserAgent▲544

   Browser-based AI agents - unlimited runs, fixed cost

   2025 · browser-use.com · its alternatives →

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   Open Browser Use▲112

   Open-source browser automation for local AI agents

   May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Browserfly▲203

   Hey Hackers! I've had this idea stuck in my head for a while: what if an AI could actually use my browser for me? I mean, not on some virtual machine in the cloud like ChatGPT agent, but right on my own browser. I finally decided to just build it and see what would happen. I wrote a quick MVP, and honestly, I didn't expect much. But then... it started doing things. On its own. It figured out how to use search engine to find what I needed, read a webpage to answer my questions, and even it can organize my chaotic mess of tabs into neat groups. It was a genuine "whoa" moment for me. That's…

   2025 · browserfly.app · its alternatives →

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   Notte Browser Agents▲275

   Hey HN, We’ve been building browser agents for a while. In production, we kept converging on the same pattern: deterministic scripts for the happy path, agents only for edge cases. So we built Demonstrate Mode. The idea is simple: You perform your workflow once in a remote browser. Notte records the interactions and generates deterministic automation code. How it works: - Record clicks, inputs, navigations in a cloud browser - Compile them into deterministic code (no LLM at runtime) - Run and deploy on managed browser infrastructure Closest analog is Playwright codegen but: - Infrastructure…

   2025 · notte.cc · its alternatives →

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   BrowserAct▲560

   Web browser automation for AI agents

   Jun 2026 · browseract.com · its alternatives →

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   A web browser agent in your Chrome side panel▲153

   Hey HN, I'm excited to share BrowserBee, a privacy-first AI assistant in your browser that allows you to run and automate tasks using your LLM of choice (currently supports Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, and Ollama). Short demo here: https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/209c7042-6d54-4fc... Inspired by projects like Browser Use and Playwright MCP, its main advantage is the browser extension form factor which makes it more convenient for day to day use, especially for less technical users. Its also a bit less cumbersome to use on websites that require you to be…

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Basement Browser▲108

   A multiplayer mobile browser with AI agents on every webpage

   Mar 2026 · basementbrowser.com · its alternatives →

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   Beam.winfree tier, from $7/mo▲378

   Run AI agents on one Mac and use its windows on another

   5d ago · beam.win · its alternatives →

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   Personal Assistant by HyperWrite▲332

   The first AI agent that can operate your browser.

   2023 · hyperwriteai.com · its alternatives →

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    WebBrain▲117

    The sidebar agent for the rest of us

    Aug 2026 · webbrain.one · its alternatives →

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    Browser AI Kit▲212

    Run AI tools directly in your browser

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Browse anything (AI browser agent)free tier, from $9.99/mo▲126

    Browse Anything is now live in Public Beta! After several months of private beta testing, over 100 users and hundreds of real-world tasks performed, I’m incredibly excited to officially launch the public beta of Browse Anything! What is it? Browse Anything is an AI agent (computer use agent) that can browse the web, automate tasks, extract data, generate reports, and much more, all from a simple prompt. Think of it as your personal web assistant, powered by AI. It can: Navigate websites autonomously Scrape and structure data Generate CSV or PDF files Update Google Sheets or Notion Keep a…

    2025 · browseanything.io · its alternatives →

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    WebGPU enables local LLM in the browser – demo site with AI chat▲145

    Browser LLM demo working on JavaScript and WebGPU. WebGPU is already supported in Chrome, Safari, Firefox, iOS (v26) and Android. Demo, similar to ChatGPT https://andreinwald.github.io/browser-llm/ Code https://github.com/andreinwald/browser-llm - No need to use your OPENAI_API_KEY - its local model that runs on your device - No network requests to any API - No need to install any program - No need to download files on your device (model is cached in browser) - Site will ask before downloading large files (llm model) to browser cache - Hosted on Github…

    2025 · andreinwald.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Open Comet▲117

    The autonomous AI browser agent for deep research & tasks

    Apr 2026 · opencomet.onrender.com · its alternatives →

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    MyNextBrowserfree tier, from $4/mo▲106

    Make any browser agentic and automate workflows

    Mar 2026 · mynextbrowser.com · its alternatives →

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    Qwarm▲73

    Write tests in plain English AI agents run them in browsers

    Feb 2026 · qwarm.ai · its alternatives →

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    Owl Browser▲145

    I've been working on browser automation infrastructure for a while and kept hitting the same ceiling: Playwright and Puppeteer are great for scripting but fall apart when you need stealth at scale. Cloud-based solutions like Browserbase work but you're sending all your data to a third party and can't control the environment. So we built Owl Browser, a self-hosted Chromium-based engine that runs in a single Docker container. The core technical problem we tried to solve was fingerprint consistency. Most browser automation tools either ignore fingerprinting entirely or apply surface-level…

    Jan 2026 · owlbrowser.net · its alternatives →

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    BU▲138

    Openclaw in the cloud

    Mar 2026 · cloud.browser-use.com · its alternatives →

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    Beamcast▲91

    Your AI assistant on any website

    2023 · beamcast.app · its alternatives →

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    No-Code, Private AI Agents – Build and Run Locally▲8

    There's been some interesting work lately with BrowserAI (runs LLMs in the browser using WebGPU) enabling local, private AI processing. Now, the team has released BrowserAgent - a no-code tool built on top of it. BrowserAgent lets you create custom AI workflows using a drag-and-drop interface, all within your browser. This means personalized web summarizers, research assistants, or content generators can all run locally with no cloud costs and full data privacy. Check it out here - https://browseragent.dev Key features include: - No-Code Workflow Builder: Design custom AI agents…

    2025 · browseragent.dev · its alternatives →

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    AlliHat▲96

    I think we all have a similar flow and pain with browsers and AI. Copy article, paste in Claude tab, come back to article, back to Claude, in circles we go. Anthropic has a Chrome extension, but my daily driver is Safari. So I made my own extension. It's not a clone as I've never used the Chrome version. One obvious change: the Chrome version I believe uses Chrome "request sidebar" thing. And Safari doesn't have that, so had to inject the sidebar right in the site html itself. There's been some fun things in here like figuring out the sidebar html/css sandboxing. Also there's an agent…

    May 2026 · allihat.com · its alternatives →

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    Kimi WebBridgefree tier, from $15/mo▲115

    A bridge connecting AI agents to the live web

    May 2026 · kimi.ai · its alternatives →

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    Axis One▲78

    I’ve been building a small hardware box that runs local LLMs like Mistral, Qwen and Llama, and exposes an OpenAI compatible API on your local network. There’s no cloud, no login system and no telemetry. I built it because a lot of small firms want ChatGPTbstyle tools but can’t use cloud AI for privacy or compliance reasons, and most don’t want to deal with GPU servers, drivers, Docker or model configs. The aim is to make local AI feel as simple as plugging in a router. Right now the box boots into a very simple web UI where you choose a model and start using it. The API follows the OpenAI…

    Nov 2025 · axis-one-psi.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    BrowserAI – Run LLMs directly in browser using WebGPU (open source)▲85

    Check out this impressive project that enables running LLMs entirely in the browser using WebGPU. Key features: - Zero token costs, no cloud infrastructure required - Complete data privacy through local processing - Simple 3-line code integration - Built on MLC and Transformer.js The benchmarks show smaller models can effectively handle many common tasks. Currently the project roadmap includes: - No-code AI pipeline builder - Browser-based RAG for document chat - Analytics/logging - Model fine-tuning interface

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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