Life & fun · November 11, 2022
A silly JavaScript-free web browser in the browser
This is a browser front-end (ultra simple) for Chrome, built using puppeteer. I like it because it provides a usable single browser tab (that conveniently crashes on certificate errors (thanks to puppeteers default flags which I haven't altered here)), without using any JS scripting on the client side. There's some clever hacks to get that to work, including stylesheet media queries (to zero in on the correct viewport dimensions), and MJPEG, a crazy HTTP keep-alive way to stream JPEG frames of a video, favored by old-style CCTV/security/web cameras allegedly. I noticed it went from…
In plain words
This is a browser front-end for Chrome built with Puppeteer that runs entirely without client-side JavaScript. It provides a usable single browser tab by using stylesheet media queries to match viewport dimensions and MJPEG streaming to display video frames. Designed for users curious about unconventional web browsing approaches, it demonstrates how to create a functional browser interface through server-side rendering and creative HTTP techniques rather than traditional client-side scripting.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
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In the maker’s words, at launch
This is a browser front-end (ultra simple) for Chrome, built using puppeteer. I like it because it provides a usable single browser tab (that conveniently crashes on certificate errors (thanks to puppeteers default flags which I haven't altered here)), without using any JS scripting on the client side. There's some clever hacks to get that to work, including stylesheet media queries (to zero in on the correct viewport dimensions), and MJPEG, a crazy HTTP keep-alive way to stream JPEG frames of a video, favored by old-style CCTV/security/web cameras allegedly. I noticed it went from 18 to 19 stars yesterday so I decided to fire it up again to see what all the fuss was about, and do the minimum to fix the tiniest number of bugs to improve the install process for folks wanting to check it out (removing the default sudo install scripts in the npm postinstall was a good idea, heh). I plan to set up a silly demo of this sometime, so all can join in the fun on a server. It's just really ridiculous to see a modern web site "render" with a ridiculous UI controlled by: URL bar, Down button (scroll down), Up button (scroll up), "Enter text" field (that only pops up when a text control is focused ~~ wow, if I say so myself ;p ;) xx ;P ) I almost forgot the URL: https://github.com/crisdosyago/puppetromium
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