| FMRS | 49 / 100 · D | 78 / 100 · B | 76 / 100 · B |
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| Reliability | 6 / 20 | 13 / 20 | 13 / 20 |
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| Security and permissions | 10 / 20 | 12 / 20 | 12 / 20 |
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| Maintenance | 9 / 20 | 18 / 20 | 17 / 20 |
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| Documentation | 12 / 20 | 18 / 20 | 17 / 20 |
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| Setup experience | 12 / 20 | 17 / 20 | 17 / 20 |
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| Best for | - Users who want AI to call web APIs through an already authenticated browser session.
- Users who want local operation with multiple service plugins through an MCP client.
- Developers building browser-level workflows or custom plugins.
| - Scenarios where an AI assistant needs to actually drive a browser to complete a task
- Web automation testing and end-to-end verification
| - Frontend developers who want AI-assisted web debugging and performance analysis
- Scenarios that need browser automation and performance diagnostics in the same tool
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| Not for | - Users who do not use Chrome or do not want to grant AI access to browser sessions.
- Use cases requiring a cloud-hosted service or a documented OAuth/API-key setup.
- Integration evaluations that require an evidenced tool inventory and transport protocol.
| - Simple static-text scraping (a lightweight scraper is a better fit)
- Environments sensitive to browser resource usage that can't run a full browser engine
| - Cases that only need to scrape page text without performance analysis or complex interaction (a lighter scraping tool is a better fit)
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| Required permissions | - Requires installing and running the Node.js CLI.
- Requires a Chrome extension to access browser tabs and bridge to the local server.
- AI uses the permissions of accounts currently authenticated in the browser.
- Plugin tools are off by default and can be set to Off, Ask, or Auto.
- The project includes anonymous telemetry with an opt-out option.
| - Requires installing and running a browser engine (Chromium/Firefox/WebKit) locally or on a server
- browser_navigate can visit any URL; browser_evaluate can run arbitrary JavaScript in the page context
| - Requires a local Chrome browser instance to run
- navigate_page can visit any URL; type_text/fill_form and similar tools can enter arbitrary content into the page
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| Risks and side effects | - An authenticated browser session may allow AI to perform actions permitted to the corresponding service account.
- Plugin source should be reviewed before enabling it; permissions reset when a plugin is updated.
- Auto execution reduces opportunities for manual confirmation.
- Browser actions, network capture, and third-party service calls may create unintended external effects.
| - browser_evaluate executing arbitrary scripts carries risk if a malicious page is visited — restrict to trusted sites or an isolated environment
- Long-running browser instances consume significant memory and CPU
| - Browser automation tools can access and manipulate the content of open pages — use only in a trusted development/test environment
- performance_start_trace and similar tracing tools continuously record browser activity — avoid leaving them running on pages containing sensitive information
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| Supported clients | | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains, Zed, Cline, Amp, Kiro, LM Studio, Antigravity, Goose | Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains, Cline, Amp, Kiro, Antigravity |
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