Browserbase SDK
Official Node.js SDK for Browserbase API to control headless browsers and scrape web content.
Scraping, browsers and parsing npm Apache-2.0
How Browserbase SDK is used
Browserbase SDK is a dependency in 2 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned, too few to describe it from them alone. Our scan also samples projects by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,983); counting those, it appears in 57 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. The most used alternative in our scan is Puppeteer (84 projects). Projects that use it most often also use Stagehand (JavaScript) (87.7%), Zod (78.9%), Next.js (64.9%).
Browserbase SDK popularity over time
Gid Score 44: downloads 66, use in agent projects 43, GitHub stars 0, downloads trend 69 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with Browserbase SDK
| Stagehand (JavaScript) | 87.7% of Browserbase SDK projects · 1089.1× more than average |
|---|---|
| Zod | 78.9% of Browserbase SDK projects · 3.2× more than average |
| Next.js | 64.9% of Browserbase SDK projects · 3.6× more than average |
| AI SDK | 43.9% of Browserbase SDK projects · 10.0× more than average |
| dotenv | 50.9% of Browserbase SDK projects · 3.3× more than average |
| TypeScript | 94.7% of Browserbase SDK projects · 1.7× more than average |
| React | 70.2% of Browserbase SDK projects · 2.2× more than average |
| Playwright Core | 36.8% of Browserbase SDK projects · 30.5× more than average |
From all 57 projects in our scan that use Browserbase SDK, including the dependency samples.
Install
| Package | npm install @browserbasehq/sdk |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (37), TypeScript / JavaScript (18), Python (1), React Native / Expo (1) |
| Example projects | eastlondoner/vibe-tools, zaidmukaddam/youtube-transcripts-machine, michaelshimeles/tsafi, jay-sahnan/signal, adrianhajdin/job_pilot |
Alternatives to Browserbase SDK
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside Browserbase SDK are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puppeteer npm Headless Chrome/Chromium automation for scraping, testing and screenshot generation. |
74 | 84 (1.7%) | 6.7M | 95.7K | Apache-2.0 |
| Playwright Core npm Headless browser automation library for cross-browser testing and web scraping. |
83 | 75 (1.6%) | 78M | 98.1K | Apache-2.0 |
| Puppeteer Core npm Headless Chrome/Chromium control library for automation and testing. |
74 | 26 (0.5%) | 13.8M | 95.7K | Apache-2.0 |
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