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Life & fun · February 12, 2014

Fake

Powerful point and click web browser automation.

Fake launched on February 12, 2014 with 70 votes, #310 of 1,100 launches that month. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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What it does

Fake is a new browser for Mac OS X that makes web automation simple. Fake allows you to drag discreet browser Actions into a graphical Workflow that can be run again and again without human interaction. And Fake Workflows can be saved, reopened, and shared.

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