Alternatives

Products that do what Persistent Browser CLI (PBC) does

Windows CLI for persistent Chrome automation over CDP

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Open Browser Use▲112
Open-source browser automation for local AI agents
May 2026
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Tabstack Browser Automation▲388
Automate the web in your app or agent, no browser to host
Jul 2026 · tabstack.ai
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OpenDia▲185
no need to switch browsers, just use dia on chrome or arc
2025
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BU▲138
Openclaw in the cloud
Mar 2026
5
Glance ▲87
Real browser for Claude Code Test, Screenshot, Automate
Mar 2026
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Open Claude in Chrome▲121
Claude in Chrome, reverse-engineered, Jailbroken
Apr 2026
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Agent Browser▲149
Browser Agents that communicate using ASCII wireframes
Mar 2026
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AgentManager▲125
Never miss a Claude Code session waiting for your input
Jul 2026 · agentmgr.app
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ShioriCode▲119
Open-source alternative to Codex & Claude Code
May 2026
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Handle Extension▲141
Refine UI in the browser, feed changes to your coding agent
Apr 2026
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Codex in Chrome▲111
Let Codex navigate and automate tasks in your browser
May 2026
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SessionCast▲75
CLI control to monitor and work with Claude Code remotely
Feb 2026
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Context Sync▲95
Persistent AI memory across Claude Desktop & Cursor IDE
Oct 2025
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Open Computer Use▲92
Open-source Computer Use MCP for AI agents
May 2026
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CLI Manager▲105
One dashboard to run and organize multiple AI CLI agents
Dec 2025
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noirdoc▲96
PII guard for Claude Code to keep client data out of context
Apr 2026
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SwiftyMenu▲101
Launch AI CLI tools instantly from Finder
Sep 2025
18CB
Clark-Browser – Stealth Chromium▲16
Fully open-sourced, perfect for agentic browsing, works with Vercel's agent-browser and playwright.
May 2026 · github.com
19PC
Peek-CLI: Let Claude Code See the Browser▲13
Jul 2026 · github.com
20LP
Libretto PR agents – Automatically fix failing playwright scripts▲22
Libretto PR agents is a free TypeScript library for maintaining Playwright browser automations. Add one line of code to your existing Playwright scripts and it lets an agent automatically open GitHub PRs fixing the script when it fails. A few months ago we released Libretto, a CLI + coding-agent skill for building deterministic browser automations. The idea was that for many browser workflows, especially repetitive business workflows, you don’t need an AI agent making decisions at runtime. You want deterministic Playwright scripts that are inspectable, faster to run, and much cheaper than…
Jul 2026 · libretto.sh
21LC
Letting Claude automate fleets of browser sandboxes▲6
Hey HN, wanted to share this cli and skill I built @ Steel (I'm the founder) I was trying to set up openclaw on railway and quickly bumped up against issues with a lack of browser access, a core component of the system. Agents like OpenClaw and CC are super good at using browsers but, similar to code sandboxes, they should be able to control these browser in the background, in parallel, without getting blocked by captchas. So I reworked agent-browser, the most popular cli for browser agents, to navigate Steel cloud browser sessions to they can run at scale and unhindered. It's a relatively…
Mar 2026 · twitter.com
22CE
Chrome ext to let zot, your terminal coding agent, operate the browser▲11
May 2026 · github.com
23YC
You can now run Gemini CLI in the browser▲5
Hello HN, we are thrilled to share with you in preview BrowserCode: A FOSS web app to run TUI agents (such as Claude Code, OpenCode, Gemini CLI and the like) fully in the browser. This first release focuses on Gemini CLI and Claude Code will follow soon. BrowserCode is released under the Apache License, version 2.0. BrowserCode is based on BrowserPod (https://browserpod.io), an in-browser WebAssembly-based code sandboxing technology that can currently run Node.js, python, git, bash and many other command line tools. This will further expand to Ruby / Rails, Go, Rust and…
Apr 2026 · browsercode.io
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ai-profiles▲7
Run multiple Claude & Codex accounts without logging out
Jun 2026 · ai-profiles.vercel.app

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