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DimensionPuppeteer MCP ServerHeadless browser control & screenshotsPlaywright MCPMicrosoft's official Playwright-based browser automation MCP server
FMRS62 / 100 · C78 / 100 · B
Reliability14 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions11 / 2012 / 20
Maintenance10 / 2018 / 20
Documentation14 / 2018 / 20
Setup experience13 / 2017 / 20
Best for
  • Testing and collection tasks that need an assistant to inspect rendered pages
  • Development teams automating screenshots, form filling, or browser regression checks
  • Scenarios where an AI assistant needs to actually drive a browser to complete a task
  • Web automation testing and end-to-end verification
Not for
  • Environments that prohibit automated external browsing or web-account credentials
  • Production-scale scraping that requires advanced anti-bot handling and distributed execution
  • 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
Required permissions
  • Permission to launch a local Chromium process
  • Network access to target websites and, for authenticated flows, a suitable test account
  • 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
Risks and side effects
  • Automated clicks and form fills can trigger real submissions or external side effects
  • Screenshots, page content, and browser sessions may expose sensitive information
  • 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
Supported clientsClaude Desktop, Cursor, ClineClaude Desktop, Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains IDEs, Zed, Cline, Amp, Kiro, LM Studio, Antigravity, Goose
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