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Puppeteer

JavaScript API for Chrome and Firefox.

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Introduction

Puppeteer is a JavaScript library which provides a high-level API to control Chrome or Firefox over the DevTools Protocol or WebDriver BiDi. Puppeteer runs in the headless (no visible UI) by default.

The latest GitHub release listed on 25 Oct 2026 was browsers-v3.2.6, published 2026-10-22.

Features

These items are quoted from public documentation fetched on 25 Oct 2026. Taken from repository README headings.

  1. MCP: Install chrome-devtools-mcp, a Puppeteer-based MCP server for browser automation and debugging.

Pros

Points stated in the public sources fetched on 25 Oct 2026:

  1. Published license: The GitHub repository lists Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0).
  2. Repository topics: The repository’s GitHub topics include automation, chrome, chromium, developer-tools, firefox, headless-chrome, node-module, testing.

Cons

The pages fetched on 25 Oct 2026 do not publish a limitations list. That absence is not evidence that the tool has no drawbacks. Current issues are tracked at https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues.

The repository README includes this example (from “Installation”):


:::note

Modern package managers (including npm (see the [RFC](https://github.com/npm/rfcs/pull/868)), pnpm, Yarn, Bun, and Deno) block dependency install scripts by default. If the install script is blocked, Puppeteer will not download the browser during installation, leading to runtime errors.

You can manually download the required browsers after installation by running:

Resources:

Pricing

The repository lists Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0). No public price was found on the pages fetched on 25 Oct 2026. This rewrite does not guess a number. Check the official website before treating the tool as free or paid.

The fetched pages do not name a target audience. Decide fit from the official description and the feature list above.

Conclusion

Puppeteer is summarized by its public description as: “JavaScript API for Chrome and Firefox.”.

The latest GitHub release listed was browsers-v3.2.6, published 2026-10-22.

This page was rebuilt on 25 Oct 2026 from pptr.dev, github.com. It keeps only what those pages stated. Confirm the current product, license, and price on the official site before you adopt it.