At Medevel, we’re obsessed with finding the right tools to supercharge productivity, especially when it comes to automation. For years, we’ve tested, evaluated, and deployed dozens of web, AI, and desktop automation platforms, always with one goal: to save time, reduce errors, and empower developers, healthcare teams, and businesses with smarter workflows.
Today, we’re bringing you a curated list of the top 9 open-source, free browser automation tools that are not just powerful, they’re production-ready. Whether you’re automating invoice retrieval, filling complex government forms, scraping market data, or building AI agents that think like humans, these tools deliver real-world results.
We’ve put each one through its paces, testing reliability, privacy, adaptability, and ease of use, so you don’t have to. From LLM-powered agents to local-first browsers, these aren’t just tech demos. They’re practical solutions ready to be deployed for your team, your clients, or your next big project.
Scroll down to discover the best open-source browser automation tools of 2025/ 2006, handpicked, tested, and proven by us.
1. Skyvern
Skyvern is an open-source, LLM-powered platform automating complex browser workflows. It handles dynamic pages, CAPTCHAs, and 2FA with high adaptability. Ideal for no-code/low-code automation of repetitive tasks like invoice retrieval, form filling, and procurement pipelines. Features explainable AI, robust data extraction, and scalable API-driven architecture for thousands of concurrent tasks.
Its Use Cases focus on eliminating repetitive business processes like fetching invoices from vendor portals, filling and submitting multi-step forms (e.g., government applications), and automating procurement pipelines.
2. Browser Use
Browser Use is an open-source platform that leverages Large Language Models (LLMs) and computer vision to enable no-code browser automation. At its core, it provides an AI agent powered by a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, allowing users to define complex web-based tasks using natural language. This eliminates the need for technical scripting or manual interaction, making advanced automation accessible to non-developers.
Browser Use is ideal for automating high-volume, repetitive workflows across industries. It streamlines market research by automatically collecting product details, pricing, and reviews from complex e-commerce sites.
In sales and marketing, it accelerates lead generation by compiling contact information from professional directories and company websites. Additionally, it simplifies administrative and financial processes by auto-filling multi-step forms for applications, submissions, and data entry, significantly reducing time and human error.
3. Stagehand
Stagehand is an open-source AI web browsing framework that augments Playwright with natural language capabilities. It uses LLMs to stabilize selectors and overcome page changes, making automation scripts more resilient. Its simple AI APIs, act, extract, and observeallow developers to control the browser using plain English, eliminating manual DOM inspection.
ItFeatures include agentic workflows for complex tasks and real-time stream processing for continuous web data gathering.
You can build a powerful AI-powered automation scripts, creating web agents that handle complex web applications, and extracting real-time market or financial intelligence.
4. Nanobrowser
Nanobrowser is a privacy-focused, open-source platform designed to run web automation directly as a browser extension (e.g., Chrome). It employs a multi-agent system (Planner → Navigator → Validator) and allows users to Bring Your Own LLM API Key (supporting OpenAI, Claude, and local models via Ollama).
This local execution ensures complete privacy as data does not leave the user’s browser.
Use Cases are centered around individual web task automation, reliable data extraction, and intelligent workflow management, providing a free, self-hosted, and secure alternative to cloud-based solutions.
5. Lightpanda
Lightpanda is an open-source, high-performance headless browser built from scratch using the low-level language Zig, aiming for extreme efficiency and speed, rather than relying on Chromium. It is purpose-built for headless usage, offering an ultra-low memory footprint (up to 12x less than Chrome) and instant startup times (up to 64x faster).
Use Cases are primarily in large-scale, resource-intensive operations such as high-volume web scraping, empowering AI agents with embeddable web capabilities, and transforming any website into a programmatic interface.
It is compatible with with Playwright/Puppeteer via CDP (in development) and focused JavaScript execution.
6. Steel
Steel is an open-source Headless Browser API designed to control large fleets of browsers in the cloud, offering infrastructure optimized for AI agents and web scraping.
A core feature is its Auto CAPTCHA solving and advanced anti-bot evasion techniques, including proxy rotation and browser fingerprinting. It boasts quick-start times (under 1 second) and long session durations (up to 24 hours).
Use Cases span foundational model training, large-scale web scraping, quality assurance (QA) testing, and creating sophisticated AI applications like shopping or sales automation assistants.
7. Browser MCP
Browser MCP (Model Context Protocol) connects AI applications (like Claude or Cursor) to your local browser to automate tests and tasks. It leverages your existing, locally installed browser profile, which is key for security, stealth, and using logged-in sessions.
This means the AI can interact with authenticated sites without needing credentials. Features include a wide array of browser controls (navigate, click, type, screenshot) and local automation for enhanced performance.
You can use it for:
- Automated end-to-end testing of complex web applications, simulating real user flows across dynamic and changing interfaces.
- Task automation such as filling out multi-step forms (e.g., government applications, financial submissions), retrieving data from vendor portals, or processing invoices — all without manual intervention.
- AI agent interaction with systems that require human-like browser behavior, including handling CAPTCHAs, 2FA, dynamic content, and login-protected environments, enabling true autonomous digital workflows.
8. HyperAgent
HyperAgent is the AI-powered automation layer within the Hyperbrowser platform, focusing on robust and scalable agentic web interactions.
It is built on top of Playwright, allowing natural language control (e.g., page.ai("click the login button")) to create scripts that are resilient to UI changes. Features include an integrated Stealth Mode for anti-detection, sub-second launch times for massive concurrency, and full session observability for debugging.
9. Bytebot
Bytebot is a Self-Hosted AI Desktop Agent that goes beyond browser control, offering full desktop access within a secure, isolated container. Users command it via natural language, and the AI plans and executes actions across the desktop environment, including browsers, email clients, and PDFs.
Features include complete privacy (runs locally), adaptive intelligence that handles dynamic UI changes, and visual understanding for accurate interaction.
You can use it for:
- Replacing traditional RPA to handle complex, dynamic workflows that change frequently.
- Automating intricate compliance tasks, such as navigating government websites and submitting required forms.
- Reconciling data across multiple SaaS platforms (e.g., CRM, ERP, marketing tools) with consistent, accurate results.
- Connecting legacy systems that don’t have modern APIs, enabling seamless integration without custom development.