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Dev tools · December 14, 2020

Chromiumoxid – An Async Headless Chrome API in Rust

Chrome Devtools Protocol rust API. Contribute to mattsse/chromiumoxide development by creating an account on GitHub.

Chromiumoxid – An Async Headless Chrome API in Rust launched on December 14, 2020 with 127 votes, #266 of 3,242 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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In plain words

Chromiumoxid is a Rust library that provides an asynchronous API for controlling headless Chrome browsers. Designed for developers building automation tools, testing frameworks, or web scraping applications, it enables programmatic interaction with Chrome without a graphical interface. The library leverages Rust's async capabilities to handle multiple browser instances efficiently, making it suitable for tasks requiring concurrent browser automation.

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