Puppeteer

license

Apache-2.0(OSI)

source

public(the library and its browser management)

self-host

yes(npm install, runs a local browser)

core features withheld

no — nothing withheld from the published tree

Apache-2.0 over the whole library, with no hosted tier and nothing withheld.

• https://api.github.com/repos/puppeteer/puppeteer recorded 2026-09-17

  Repository metadata: spdx_id Apache-2.0, 95,583 stars, not archived, not a fork, last pushed 2026-09-17, description "JavaScript API for Chrome and Firefox".

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/main/LICENSE recorded 2026-09-17

  The LICENSE body: the verbatim Apache License 2.0 text.

Adoption is measured by npm downloads of `puppeteer`, the package that is the product itself rather than a client for it.

• https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-month/puppeteer recorded 2026-09-17

  npm downloads point API: 44,469,009 downloads for `puppeteer` over 2026-08-13 to 2026-09-11.

Puppeteer offers a curated surface over one browser, with the caller supplying everything: installation is `npm i puppeteer`, which downloads a compatible browser that then runs on the caller's own machine with no authentication at all. That places it level with Playwright MCP and the rest of the browser-driving group.

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/main/README.md recorded 2026-09-17

  The README: "Puppeteer is a JavaScript library which provides a high-level API to control Chrome or Firefox over the DevTools Protocol or WebDriver BiDi." Installation is `npm i puppeteer`, which "Downloads compatible Chrome during installation". No authentication, token or credential appears anywhere in it.