{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "autocua", "name": "AutoCua", "vendor": "Ashish Yadav and contributors (ComputerUseAgent on GitHub)", "vendorUrl": "https://github.com/ComputerUseAgent/AutoCua", "kind": "framework", "category": "desktop-automation", "summary": "AutoCua is an open-source Python agent that operates a computer the way a person does, desktop apps, a terminal, your own Chrome and iOS or Android phones, with any of 60 models from ten providers.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/autocua", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/autocua.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/autocua.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/autocua.json", "dns": "autocua.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/ComputerUseAgent/AutoCua", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "AutoCua" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "No account. You bring an API key for the model provider you choose, kept with chats, Chrome profiles and a credential vault in a local AutoCua_data folder.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT-licensed. You pay your model provider for tokens. Nothing to buy from the project (checked 2026-11-06).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "library", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "A local package with nothing to buy and no payment protocol (checked 2026-11-06).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-06" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/ComputerUseAgent/AutoCua#readme", "capabilities": [ "browser.control", "agent.run" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "mit", "python", "computer-use", "local", "new" ], "lastRelease": "2026-11-04", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 44.3, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1100, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1354, "categoryRank": 8, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 55, "maintenance": 65, "payments": 60, "reliability": 25, "schema": 42, "security": 38, "transparency": 42 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-11-06" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A capable, fast-moving open-source agent for driving desktops, browsers and phones through real input and accessibility trees, with a careful safety section. It's two weeks old, with no test CI or changelog, and on Windows the model itself decides whether to accept an admin elevation prompt.", "bestFor": "Developers who want a local agent to operate desktop apps, their own browser or phones across platforms, on a machine they control.", "strengths": [ "One run_agent call drives the desktop, a terminal, your Chrome, or an iOS or Android device", "Element picking from accessibility trees and OCR instead of pixel coordinates", "Credentials typed from a vault so the model never sees them, in the browser and phone agents", "No telemetry, and nothing downloaded without a yes on the terminal", "MIT licence, a pip wheel per OS and architecture, and 60 models across ten providers" ], "weaknesses": [ "Two weeks old at version 0.1.9, with no changelog file", "No CI running the tests; the only workflow labels issues", "On Windows the model answers UAC elevation prompts itself through a kernel input driver", "Keeps API keys and logged-in Chrome profiles in a local folder next to the checkout", "No API reference beyond the README" ], "agentNotes": [ "pip install AutoCua, then call run_agent with a mode such as \"web use\" or \"computer use\", a provider, a model and a task", "Run it on a machine or account you can afford to lose; it drives real input and keeps logged-in browser profiles", "On Windows, don't install the Interception driver unless you accept the model deciding UAC prompts", "Set AutoCua_DATA_DIR to keep keys and profiles somewhere private", "Phones go over USB from a script; Wi-Fi only through the desktop app" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 44.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 55, "maintenance": 65, "payments": 60, "reliability": 25, "schema": 42, "security": 38, "transparency": 70 }, "provenanceScore": 13, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "pip install AutoCua\n# then, in Python:\n# from AutoCua.agent_launcher import run_agent\n# run_agent(mode=\"web use\", provider=\"openrouter\", model=\"gemini-3.8-flash\", task=\"Open wikipedia.org and summarise today's featured article.\")" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/browser.control", "tool": "https://letme.dev/autocua" }, "area": "developer", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "github.com", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "The licence names Ashish Yadav as copyright holder; most commits are from the GitHub user FunctionFreak. No company, site or terms were found.", "github.com/AutoCua/AutoCua and github.com/ComputerUseAgent/AutoCua serve the same main branch, so one is a rename or mirror of the other." ], "score": 13 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/autocua.json" }, "answer": "AutoCua scores 44.3 (E) on agent readiness against Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)'s 30.8 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "puppeteer-reference-server-archived", "name": "Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)", "vendor": "Model Context Protocol (archived)", "vendorUrl": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived", "kind": "mcp", "category": "browser", "summary": "The original browser-automation reference server, driving Chrome through Puppeteer with screenshots and JavaScript evaluation.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json", "dns": "puppeteer-reference-server-archived.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "stdio" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer" } ], "auth": "none", "authNotes": "Local process with full control of a Chrome instance.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Open source; unmaintained.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Archived reference server, no payments.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 7, "popularity": { "githubStars": 294, "npmWeekly": 25072, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-01" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived/tree/main/src/puppeteer", "capabilities": [ "browser.control" ], "tags": [ "reference", "archived", "local", "open-source", "superseded" ], "lastRelease": "2025-05-12", "graded": true, "disclosure": "MCP started at Anthropic, which makes the Claude models our research agents and review panel run on (Anthropic donated it to the Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, in December 2025), and this server is graded by the same checklist as every other listing.", "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 30.8, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 0, "ranked": false, "notRankedWhy": "Shut down 2025-05-29, so out of the ranking", "rankOf": 1354, "categoryRank": 22, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 47, "maintenance": 0, "payments": 60, "reliability": 12, "schema": 41, "security": 22, "transparency": 77 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "high", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "-4: an open exfiltration path that will never be fixed. The model can set `allowDangerous: true` on `puppeteer_navigate` to relaunch Chrome with the sandbox off, `puppeteer_evaluate` runs any script, and the README warns the browser can read local files and internal addresses. The package still drew 25,072 npm downloads in the week of 14 to 20 August 2026, the latest week the npm API returned to us. Archived with a no-guarantees notice, so we deduct less than for a disclosed bypass (https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived/blob/main/src/puppeteer/index.ts; https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer)." ], "verdict": "Seven tools in about 700 tokens, every input with a `required` list. Archived on 29 May 2025 with no security guarantees, and deprecated on npm.", "bestFor": "Nothing new.", "disclosure": "MCP started at Anthropic, which makes the Claude models our research agents and review panel run on (Anthropic donated it to the Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, in December 2025), and this server is graded by the same checklist as every other listing.", "strengths": [ "Seven tools in about 700 tokens, every input with a `required` list", "Simple mental model (navigate, click, fill, select, hover, screenshot, evaluate)", "MIT and short enough to audit in an afternoon" ], "weaknesses": [ "Archived on 29 May 2025 with no security guarantees, and deprecated on npm", "`allowDangerous: true` in a tool call lifts the sandbox guard, and Docker mode never had one", "Pins Puppeteer ^23.4.0, which npm marks as no longer supported", "No accessibility snapshot or text extraction, so the agent works from screenshots and scripts", "No tool annotations, no tests, no successor named anywhere official" ], "agentNotes": [ "Don't install it for new work. playwright-mcp covers the same tasks with snapshots and annotations", "If you inherit a config for it, set ALLOW_DANGEROUS to false and never pass `allowDangerous`", "Never run it with a logged-in profile or on a host with internal services the browser can reach" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 1, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "high", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 30.8 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 47, "maintenance": 0, "payments": 60, "reliability": 12, "schema": 41, "security": 22, "transparency": 80 }, "provenanceScore": 74, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-01", "maintenance": "2026-10-01", "payments": "2026-10-01", "reliability": "2026-10-01", "schema": "2026-10-01", "security": "2026-10-01", "transparency": "2026-10-01" }, "last": "2026-10-01", "lastMoved": "2026-10-27", "oldest": "2026-10-01", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/browser.control", "tool": "https://letme.dev/puppeteer-reference-server-archived" }, "supersededBy": [ "playwright-mcp", "chrome-devtools-mcp" ], "sameCompany": [ "fetch-reference-server", "git-reference-server", "filesystem-reference-server", "memory-reference-server", "postgres-reference-server-archived", "sequential-thinking-reference-server" ], "area": "developer", "retired": "2025-05-29", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Model Context Protocol, a Series of LF Projects, LLC", "domain": "modelcontextprotocol.io", "domainRegistered": "2024-11-18", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://www.lfprojects.org/policies/terms-of-use/", "privacy": "https://www.lfprojects.org/policies/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/releases", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-26", "score": 74 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json", "live": { "slug": "puppeteer-reference-server-archived", "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer", "version": "2025.5.12", "seenAt": "2026-10-27T11:26:35.536816562Z" } ], "githubStars": 305, "npmWeekly": 29263, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://modelcontextprotocol.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "checkedAt": "2026-10-27T15:31:28.926342547Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "modelcontextprotocol.io", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T14:02:39.415294808Z" }, "github": { "repo": "modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived", "checkedAt": "2026-10-26T07:47:38.025006615Z", "stars": 306, "archived": true, "issuesEnabled": true, "pushedAt": "2025-05-28T17:57:12Z", "openIssues": 0, "openPRs": 0, "issuesOpened90d": 0, "issuesClosed90d": 0, "prsMerged90d": 0 }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-27T15:31:28.926342547Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 65, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "autocua", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "v0.1.9 tagged on 4 November 2026 (30). Four tags in 90 days (20). Issues and pull requests weren't read (0 of 25). The PyPI wheel is current (15). No CI; dependencies pinned per OS in requirements files (0 of 10). 30 + 20 + 0 + 15 + 0 = 65.", "b": "Last release 2025.5.12 on 12 May 2025 (0). No releases in the last 90 days (0). Archived on 29 May 2025 and read-only (0). Not in the official MCP registry (0). Pinned to MCP SDK 1.0.1 and an unsupported Puppeteer major (0)." }, "scores": { "a": 65, "b": 0 } }, { "by": 35, "category": "transparency", "leads": "puppeteer-reference-server-archived", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "reasons": { "a": "MIT (30). Says it sends data only to the chosen model provider and keeps everything else locally, and the source agrees (20 of 30). No deprecation policy (0). States no telemetry, and none was found (20). 30 + 20 + 0 + 20 = 70.", "b": "MIT, an OSI licence (30). Local software that keeps screenshots and console logs in memory and talks only to the pages it opens (20). The GitHub banner dates the archive to 29 May 2025 and the archive README says no security updates will follow. Neither the archive, the main repository's Archived list nor the npm deprecation message names a successor, where the Brave and Slack entries do (10). No telemetry (20)." }, "scores": { "a": 42, "b": 77 } }, { "by": 16, "category": "security", "leads": "autocua", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "Framework reading (telemetry, approvals, guardrails, sandboxing). Provider keys stored in a local folder with Chrome profiles (10 of 30). The worker tools are an allow-list with no write tool, unseen ids are refused, downloads need a yes, but on Windows the model answers UAC elevation prompts itself through a kernel driver, with no person asked (6 of 20). The scraping ruleset has a prompt-injection instruction to log page text that gives instructions (10 of 15). Runs are logged in the app, with no audit log (7 of 15). No security policy, disclosure route or advisories found (5 of 20, for the vault and certificate handling). 10 + 6 + 10 + 7 + 5 = 38.", "b": "No credentials to leak and nothing to scope, so the middle band (20). The guard against dangerous Chrome flags such as `--no-sandbox` is switched off by `allowDangerous: true` in the `puppeteer_navigate` arguments, so the model or a page that steers it can lift it. The Docker mode always launches with `--no-sandbox --single-process --no-zygote`, and `puppeteer_evaluate` runs any script (2). Page content and console output reach the model unmarked, with no injection guidance. The README's only caution is that the browser can reach local files and internal addresses (0). No call log (0). The archive README says \"NO SECURITY GUARANTEES\", and the pinned Puppeteer ^23.4.0 is itself deprecated on npm as \"\u003c 24.15.0 is no longer supported\" (0)." }, "scores": { "a": 38, "b": 22 } }, { "by": 13, "category": "reliability", "leads": "autocua", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Local package. Installs from PyPI as AutoCua with Python 3.10 or later and the supported platforms stated (20). No CI runs the tests; the only workflow, use_case_label.yml, labels issues (0). GitHub issues weren't read, so the open-issue line is scored absent (0). Four tags in a week with no changelog file (5). Version 0.1.9 (0). 20 + 0 + 0 + 5 + 0 = 25.", "b": "Archived and superseded, so we scored what's left as a local stdio package. @modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer 2025.5.12 still installs from npm, deprecated there with a generic message, and no runtime is stated (10). No tests and no CI for it in the archive (0). The repository has been read-only since 29 May 2025, so nobody can file or fix a crash, and console logs collect in an array that never empties (0). A date version and no changelog (2). Never 1.0 and never declared stable (0)." }, "scores": { "a": 25, "b": 12 } }, { "by": 8, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "autocua", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "Framework reading. One call with a mode, provider, model and task runs a whole agent (20 of 25). A separate compression agent splices handoff summaries in, and runs are capped and stoppable (15 of 20). Permission and blocked-input errors are reported specifically, with no error reference (8 of 20). No resume or retry semantics described (2 of 20). Sensible defaults (simulators unless device is set), Python only (10 of 15). 20 + 15 + 8 + 2 + 10 = 55.", "b": "Seven compact tools, about 700 tokens in total (25). No snapshot or text extraction, so the agent works from screenshots and `puppeteer_evaluate`. Screenshot `width` and `height` are the only size controls (4). Errors return as tool results with the browser's message (10). No annotations at all (0). One or two required parameters per tool, Node only (8)." }, "scores": { "a": 55, "b": 47 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "Agent framework", "b": "MCP server", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Ashish Yadav and contributors (ComputerUseAgent on GitHub)", "b": "Model Context Protocol (archived)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "None", "b": "None", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Free", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "7", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-11-04", "b": "2025-05-12", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "2021-09-08", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "2023-03-15", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "not read yet", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not read yet", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not read yet", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not read yet", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not read yet", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "none", "b": "294 stars, 25k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "1/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "AutoCua scores 44.3 (E) on agent readiness against Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)'s 30.8 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, AutoCua or Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for AutoCua. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.", "question": "Can an agent call AutoCua and Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Yes. AutoCua is open source (MIT). Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) is open source (MIT).", "question": "Are AutoCua and Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 25 against 12", "Agent ergonomics, 55 against 47", "Security \u0026 auth, 38 against 22", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 65 against 0" ], "also": [ "Still running. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) has shut down", "No incidents deducted, where Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) loses 4 points for them" ], "goodFor": "Developers who want a local agent to operate desktop apps, their own browser or phones across platforms, on a machine they control.", "slug": "autocua", "watchFor": "Two weeks old at version 0.1.9, with no changelog file" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Transparency \u0026 trust, 77 against 42" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "Nothing new. It shut down on 2025-05-29.", "slug": "puppeteer-reference-server-archived", "watchFor": "Archived on 29 May 2025 with no security guarantees, and deprecated on npm" } ], "history": { "autocua": null, "puppeteer-reference-server-archived": [ { "causes": [ "method" ], "date": "2026-10-27", "delta": 0.2, "from": 30.6, "fromGrade": "F", "to": 30.8, "toGrade": "F" }, { "causes": [ "method" ], "date": "2026-10-08", "delta": -0.2, "from": 30.8, "fromGrade": "F", "to": 30.6, "toGrade": "F" } ] }, "job": { "capability": "browser.control", "name": "Browser automation" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-browser-vs-autocua.json", "title": "agent-browser vs AutoCua", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-browser-vs-autocua" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-browser-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json", "title": "agent-browser vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)", "url": 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MCP server", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-functionize-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-hyperbrowser.json", "title": "AutoCua vs Hyperbrowser", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-hyperbrowser" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-kane-cli.json", "title": "AutoCua vs Kane CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-kane-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-lightpanda.json", "title": "AutoCua vs Lightpanda", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-lightpanda" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-notte.json", "title": "AutoCua vs Notte", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-notte" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-playwright-mcp.json", "title": "AutoCua vs Playwright MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-playwright-mcp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-pomerado.json", "title": "AutoCua vs Pomerado", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-pomerado" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-puppeteer.json", "title": "AutoCua vs Puppeteer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-puppeteer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-robocorp.json", "title": "AutoCua vs Robocorp", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-robocorp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-selenium.json", "title": "AutoCua vs Selenium", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-selenium" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-skyvern.json", "title": "AutoCua vs Skyvern", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-skyvern" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-steel.json", "title": "AutoCua vs Steel", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-steel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-tinyfish.json", "title": "AutoCua vs TinyFish", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-tinyfish" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browser-use-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json", "title": "Browser Use vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browser-use-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserbase-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json", "title": "Browserbase vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserbase-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserless-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json", "title": "Browserless vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browserless-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bx-playwright-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json", "title": "BxPlaywright vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/bx-playwright-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/chrome-devtools-mcp-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json", "title": "Chrome DevTools MCP vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/chrome-devtools-mcp-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/functionize-mcp-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json", "title": "Functionize MCP server vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/functionize-mcp-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperbrowser-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json", "title": "Hyperbrowser vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperbrowser-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kane-cli-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json", "title": "Kane CLI vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kane-cli-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lightpanda-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json", "title": "Lightpanda vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lightpanda-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/notte-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json", "title": "Notte vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/notte-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/playwright-mcp-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json", "title": "Playwright MCP vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/playwright-mcp-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pomerado-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json", "title": "Pomerado vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pomerado-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puppeteer-reference-server-archived-vs-selenium.json", "title": "Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) vs Selenium", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puppeteer-reference-server-archived-vs-selenium" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puppeteer-reference-server-archived-vs-skyvern.json", "title": "Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) vs Skyvern", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puppeteer-reference-server-archived-vs-skyvern" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puppeteer-reference-server-archived-vs-steel.json", "title": "Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) vs Steel", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puppeteer-reference-server-archived-vs-steel" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puppeteer-reference-server-archived-vs-tinyfish.json", "title": "Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) vs TinyFish", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puppeteer-reference-server-archived-vs-tinyfish" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puppeteer-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json", 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"puppeteer-reference-server-archived": 60, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "autocua": 65, "by": 65, "edge": "autocua", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "puppeteer-reference-server-archived": 0, "weight": 7 }, { "autocua": 42, "by": 35, "edge": "puppeteer-reference-server-archived", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "puppeteer-reference-server-archived": 77, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) shut down on 2025-05-29. AutoCua scores 44.3 (E) on agent readiness against Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)'s 30.8 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do browser automation.", "tasks": null, "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "autocua": "A capable, fast-moving open-source agent for driving desktops, browsers and phones through real input and accessibility trees, with a careful safety section. It's two weeks old, with no test CI or changelog, and on Windows the model itself decides whether to accept an admin elevation prompt.", "puppeteer-reference-server-archived": "Seven tools in about 700 tokens, every input with a `required` list. Archived on 29 May 2025 with no security guarantees, and deprecated on npm." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.min.md" }, "markdown": "Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) shut down on 2025-05-29. AutoCua scores 44.3 (E) on agent readiness against Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)'s 30.8 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) leads on transparency \u0026 trust. Both do browser automation.\n\n- AutoCua: grade E, 44.3/100, rank #1100 of 1354. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/autocua.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/autocua.json\n- Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server): grade F, 30.8/100, rank retired, not ranked. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json\n- Best desktop and mobile app automation for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/desktop-automation/index.md\n- All 48 desktop comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/desktop-automation/index.md\n- Best browser automation tools for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/browser/index.md\n- All 230 browser comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browser/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### AutoCua (E)\n\nGood for: Developers who want a local agent to operate desktop apps, their own browser or phones across platforms, on a machine they control.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 25 against 12\n- Agent ergonomics, 55 against 47\n- Security \u0026 auth, 38 against 22\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 65 against 0\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Still running. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) has shut down\n- No incidents deducted, where Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) loses 4 points for them\n\nWatch for: Two weeks old at version 0.1.9, with no changelog file\n\n### Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) (F)\n\nGood for: Nothing new. It shut down on 2025-05-29.\n\nAhead on:\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 77 against 42\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: Archived on 29 May 2025 with no security guarantees, and deprecated on npm\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: AutoCua +65\n\n- AutoCua (65): v0.1.9 tagged on 4 November 2026 (30). Four tags in 90 days (20). Issues and pull requests weren't read (0 of 25). The PyPI wheel is current (15). No CI; dependencies pinned per OS in requirements files (0 of 10). 30 + 20 + 0 + 15 + 0 = 65.\n- Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) (0): Last release 2025.5.12 on 12 May 2025 (0). No releases in the last 90 days (0). Archived on 29 May 2025 and read-only (0). Not in the official MCP registry (0). Pinned to MCP SDK 1.0.1 and an unsupported Puppeteer major (0).\n\n### Transparency \u0026 trust: Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) +35\n\n- AutoCua (42): MIT (30). Says it sends data only to the chosen model provider and keeps everything else locally, and the source agrees (20 of 30). No deprecation policy (0). States no telemetry, and none was found (20). 30 + 20 + 0 + 20 = 70.\n- Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) (77): MIT, an OSI licence (30). Local software that keeps screenshots and console logs in memory and talks only to the pages it opens (20). The GitHub banner dates the archive to 29 May 2025 and the archive README says no security updates will follow. Neither the archive, the main repository's Archived list nor the npm deprecation message names a successor, where the Brave and Slack entries do (10). No telemetry (20).\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: AutoCua +16\n\n- AutoCua (38): Framework reading (telemetry, approvals, guardrails, sandboxing). Provider keys stored in a local folder with Chrome profiles (10 of 30). The worker tools are an allow-list with no write tool, unseen ids are refused, downloads need a yes, but on Windows the model answers UAC elevation prompts itself through a kernel driver, with no person asked (6 of 20). The scraping ruleset has a prompt-injection instruction to log page text that gives instructions (10 of 15). Runs are logged in the app, with no audit log (7 of 15). No security policy, disclosure route or advisories found (5 of 20, for the vault and certificate handling). 10 + 6 + 10 + 7 + 5 = 38.\n- Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) (22): No credentials to leak and nothing to scope, so the middle band (20). The guard against dangerous Chrome flags such as `--no-sandbox` is switched off by `allowDangerous: true` in the `puppeteer_navigate` arguments, so the model or a page that steers it can lift it. The Docker mode always launches with `--no-sandbox --single-process --no-zygote`, and `puppeteer_evaluate` runs any script (2). Page content and console output reach the model unmarked, with no injection guidance. The README's only caution is that the browser can reach local files and internal addresses (0). No call log (0). The archive README says \"NO SECURITY GUARANTEES\", and the pinned Puppeteer ^23.4.0 is itself deprecated on npm as \"\u003c 24.15.0 is no longer supported\" (0).\n\n### Reliability: AutoCua +13\n\n- AutoCua (25): Local package. Installs from PyPI as AutoCua with Python 3.10 or later and the supported platforms stated (20). No CI runs the tests; the only workflow, use_case_label.yml, labels issues (0). GitHub issues weren't read, so the open-issue line is scored absent (0). Four tags in a week with no changelog file (5). Version 0.1.9 (0). 20 + 0 + 0 + 5 + 0 = 25.\n- Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) (12): Archived and superseded, so we scored what's left as a local stdio package. @modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer 2025.5.12 still installs from npm, deprecated there with a generic message, and no runtime is stated (10). No tests and no CI for it in the archive (0). The repository has been read-only since 29 May 2025, so nobody can file or fix a crash, and console logs collect in an array that never empties (0). A date version and no changelog (2). Never 1.0 and never declared stable (0).\n\n### Agent ergonomics: AutoCua +8\n\n- AutoCua (55): Framework reading. One call with a mode, provider, model and task runs a whole agent (20 of 25). A separate compression agent splices handoff summaries in, and runs are capped and stoppable (15 of 20). Permission and blocked-input errors are reported specifically, with no error reference (8 of 20). No resume or retry semantics described (2 of 20). Sensible defaults (simulators unless device is set), Python only (10 of 15). 20 + 15 + 8 + 2 + 10 = 55.\n- Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) (47): Seven compact tools, about 700 tokens in total (25). No snapshot or text extraction, so the agent works from screenshots and `puppeteer_evaluate`. Screenshot `width` and `height` are the only size controls (4). Errors return as tool results with the browser's message (10). No annotations at all (0). One or two required parameters per tool, Node only (8).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | AutoCua | Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 25 | 12 | AutoCua +13 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 42 | 41 | AutoCua +1 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 47 | AutoCua +8 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 38 | 22 | AutoCua +16 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 0 | AutoCua +65 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 77 | Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) +35 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -4 | |\n| **Total** | | **44.3 · E** | **30.8 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | AutoCua | Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent framework | MCP server |\n| Vendor | Ashish Yadav and contributors (ComputerUseAgent on GitHub) | Model Context Protocol (archived) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | stdio |\n| Auth | None | None |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 7 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-11-04 | 2025-05-12 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2021-09-08 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2023-03-15 |\n| Customer content may train models | not read yet | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not read yet | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not read yet | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not read yet | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not read yet | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | none | 294 stars, 25k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 1/5 (2) |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### AutoCua\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n### Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)\n\n- +0.2 on 27 October 2026: checklist\n- -0.2 on 8 October 2026: checklist\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**AutoCua.** A capable, fast-moving open-source agent for driving desktops, browsers and phones through real input and accessibility trees, with a careful safety section. It's two weeks old, with no test CI or changelog, and on Windows the model itself decides whether to accept an admin elevation prompt.\n\n**Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server).** Seven tools in about 700 tokens, every input with a `required` list. Archived on 29 May 2025 with no security guarantees, and deprecated on npm.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### AutoCua\n\n1. pip install AutoCua, then call run_agent with a mode such as \"web use\" or \"computer use\", a provider, a model and a task\n2. Run it on a machine or account you can afford to lose; it drives real input and keeps logged-in browser profiles\n3. On Windows, don't install the Interception driver unless you accept the model deciding UAC prompts\n4. Set AutoCua_DATA_DIR to keep keys and profiles somewhere private\n5. Phones go over USB from a script; Wi-Fi only through the desktop app\n\n### Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)\n\n1. Don't install it for new work. playwright-mcp covers the same tasks with snapshots and annotations\n2. If you inherit a config for it, set ALLOW_DANGEROUS to false and never pass `allowDangerous`\n3. Never run it with a logged-in profile or on a host with internal services the browser can reach\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, AutoCua or Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)?\n\nAutoCua scores 44.3 (E) on agent readiness against Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)'s 30.8 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) leads on transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Can an agent call AutoCua and Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for AutoCua. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.\n\n### Are AutoCua and Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) open source?\n\nYes. AutoCua is open source (MIT). Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/autocua-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"autocua\", \"b\": \"puppeteer-reference-server-archived\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare autocua puppeteer-reference-server-archived`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/autocua.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json\n\n## Other comparisons with AutoCua or Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)\n\n- [agent-browser vs AutoCua](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-browser-vs-autocua.md)\n- [agent-browser vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-browser-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.md)\n- [Airtop vs AutoCua](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtop-vs-autocua.md)\n- [Airtop vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/airtop-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.md)\n- [Anchor Browser vs AutoCua](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/anchor-browser-vs-autocua.md)\n- [Anchor Browser vs Puppeteer (archived MCP reference 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