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AI · January 16, 2025

Browser Use

We enable AI to control your browser

Browser Use launched on January 16, 2025 with 308 votes, #105 of 6,142 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

In plain words

Browser Use is an open-source tool that lets AI control web browsers through natural language commands. Developers can install it via pip and direct AI to perform tasks like applying for jobs, visiting links, extracting information, and answering messages on WhatsApp. It's designed for developers building AI automation workflows who need programmatic browser control capabilities.

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From the sources

Let AI control your browser. Say what you need, and browser-use gets it done: Apply for jobs Visit links and extract Answer messages on WhatsApp.. pip install browser-use

Browser Use is a simple remote browser for AI agents. Browser Use Agents finish the task; Browser Infrastructure gives AI startups and automation teams managed browsers built for protected sites through SDK, REST, or CDP. Paste a connection URL and go. 82% on Internal Bench Hard at 17¢ per solved task, $0.02 per browser hour.

Browser Use Agents finish the task. Browser Infrastructure is the simple remote browser for your own agents. Selected task: Find two cinema seats together . Find two adjacent seats for PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie at 7 PM near San Francisco, select them, and stop before checkout. Find two adjacent seats for PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie at 7 PM near San Francisco, select them, and stop before checkout. One of GitHub’s most-starred projects. MIT licensed. Run it in the cloud or on your ownfrom browser-use.com

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