Puppeteer
Puppeteer is a JavaScript library that provides a high-level API to control Chrome or Firefox for web scraping, testing, and browser automation tasks.
Quick verdict
Puppeteer fits JavaScript teams that need direct Chrome or Firefox automation for scraping, testing, screenshots, and PDFs. It is not a hosted scraping platform, so proxies, retries, and scheduling are on you.
- Best for
- JavaScript browser automation
- Screenshots and PDFs
- Dynamic-page scraping
- Network interception workflows
- Not ideal for
- Hosted scraping API
- Built-in proxy rotation
- WebKit validation
- Last verified
- Jan 24, 2026
Key facts
- Repositorypuppeteer/puppeteerGitHub
- Stars93,382 GitHub starsGitHub
- LicenseOpen source (Apache-2.0)GitHub
- Downloads23.3M npm downloads/monthnpm
- SDKsJavaScript, Python, and C# package entriesProject docs
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Sources
Verified against the puppeteer/puppeteer repository and the npm package.
Puppeteer is a fast, reliable JavaScript library that provides a high-level API to control Chrome or Firefox over the DevTools Protocol. Maintained by the Chrome team, Puppeteer is the industry standard for headless browser automation and web scraping.
Key Features:
- Headless or Headful - Run browsers with or without a visible UI for any automation scenario
- Full Browser Control - Navigate pages, fill forms, click elements, and extract data programmatically
- Screenshot and PDF - Generate screenshots and PDFs from any webpage
- Network Interception - Monitor and intercept network requests for advanced scraping
- MCP Server - Chrome DevTools MCP integration for AI-powered browser automation
Whether you're scraping dynamic websites, generating screenshots, or automating browser workflows, Puppeteer provides the reliable foundation you need.
Stars
93.4KForks
9.4KLast commit
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Apache-2.0Language
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