CloakBrowser vs Perplexity Comet
CloakBrowser (CloakHQ) and Perplexity Comet (Perplexity AI) side by side on public data, as of Oct 6, 2026.
CloakBrowser shipped 8 stable releases in the past 90 days.
Side-by-side numbers
| Metric | CloakBrowser | Perplexity Comet |
|---|---|---|
| Pulse Score | 41 | 24 |
| Overall rank | #81 | #158 |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 289K | — |
| Downloads, 7-day change | down 25.3% | — |
| Downloads, 30-day change | down 26.0% | — |
| VS Code installs | — | — |
| Marketplace rating | — | 4.8 / 5 (7,791) |
| GitHub stars | 31.9K | — |
| Homebrew installs, 30 days | — | 168 |
| Hacker News mentions, 30 days | 2 | 4 |
| Latest stable release | 152.0.7977.82.1-p… · 13d ago | — |
| Stable releases, 90 days | 8 | |
| Terminal-Bench (best run) | — | — |
| Price | Free (OSS) | Free |
| License | MIT | Proprietary |
| First released | February 2026 | July 2025 |
| Interfaces | — | Desktop, Mobile |
| Models |
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CloakBrowser
Stealth Chromium that passes every bot detection test. Drop-in Playwright replacement with source-level fingerprint patches. 30/30 tests passed.
Pricing: Open source under the MIT licence; check the website for any paid hosted plans.
Latest release 152.0.7977.82.1-pro:
- The newest Chromium, 152. The engine, its features, and the version it reports all step up to the current major, so you stay current with what real browsers ship.
- Windows persona, another deep pass — the fonts your browser reports now line up the same way everywhere a site can read them. Coverage is broader and more accurate, and more of your graphics and…
- The macOS persona on 152 — its graphics, text, and media are refreshed for the new engine. It runs on Linux and macOS only, not on Windows. Select it with --fingerprint-platform=macos, and install…
- A more reliable proxy connection — the proxy connection mode now works across more setups, and a rare connection hang is fixed. Enable it alongside your --proxy-server with…
Perplexity Comet
Chromium-based AI browser from Perplexity with a built-in assistant that summarizes pages, answers questions across tabs and can act for the user, for example drafting email or shopping. It runs on Mac, Windows, Android and iOS.
Pricing: Comet is free to download and use (free for everyone since October 2025); higher limits and Perplexity Computer need a Perplexity Pro or Max plan. Plan prices could not be read from an official page.