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The library runs on the owner's machine and launches or connects to a local browser. Site logins live in the browser profile or cookies the script sets. `puppeteer.connect()` to a remote browser uses whatever that endpoint requires.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and open source under Apache-2.0, with nothing to buy and no hosted service from Google. `npm i puppeteer` downloads Chrome for Testing and chrome-headless-shell at install time (checked 2026-10-14).", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-14).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 95689, "npmWeekly": 11547242, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://pptr.dev", "capabilities": [ "browser.control", "browser.debug" ], "tags": [ "official", "local", "open-source", "browser", "sdk", "typescript", "no-auth" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 70.6, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 154, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1076, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 89, "payments": 60, "reliability": 80, "schema": 81, "security": 52, "transparency": 70 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Puppeteer is a stable, Apache-2.0 library on 25.13.0, with ten releases since 27 July 2026, typed APIs, locators that wait and retry, and accessibility snapshots an agent can read. It has no MCP server or llms.txt of its own, and 10 of the 20 most recent CI runs on main failed between 7 and 13 October 2026.", "bestFor": "Agents that write and run Node.js scripts against Chrome or Firefox.", "strengths": [ "Ten releases from 25.4.0 on 27 July to 25.13.0 on 8 October 2026, each with a changelog generated by release-please", "TypeScript types for the whole API and a generated reference of 643 Markdown pages in the repository", "`page.accessibility.snapshot()` and the Locator API, which waits for elements and retries actions, suit scripted agent use", "Each release pins a tested Chrome for Testing and Firefox version, listed in a public support table", "Typed errors such as `TimeoutError`, `TargetCloseError` and `ConnectionClosedError` let a script tell timeouts from a closed browser" ], "weaknesses": [ "No MCP server, CLI or llms.txt of its own. The docs point agents to the separate chrome-devtools-mcp project", "10 of the 20 most recent CI runs on main, 7 to 13 October 2026, concluded in failure, the newest in Windows Chrome and Firefox jobs", "Page content reaches the agent unfiltered, and the docs have no prompt-injection or untrusted-content guidance", "JavaScript and TypeScript only, with Node.js 22.12 or later required since 25.0.0", "A stale workflow marks unconfirmed bug reports after 14 days and closes them 7 days later" ], "agentNotes": [ "Install with `npm i puppeteer`, which downloads a matching Chrome for Testing. Use `puppeteer-core` to bring your own browser", "Prefer `page.locator()` over `page.$()`. Locators wait for the element to be visible and stable before acting", "Read pages with `page.accessibility.snapshot({interestingOnly: true})` rather than full HTML to keep output short", "Catch `TimeoutError` separately from `TargetCloseError`. The first can be retried, the second needs a new page or browser", "Packages are ESM only since 25.0.0. Use `import puppeteer from 'puppeteer'` rather than `require`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 70.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 67, "maintenance": 89, "payments": 60, "reliability": 80, "schema": 81, "security": 52, "transparency": 72 }, "provenanceScore": 68 }, "connect": { "install": "npm i puppeteer" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/browser.control", "tool": "https://letme.dev/puppeteer" }, "area": "developer", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Google LLC", "domain": "pptr.dev", "domainRegistered": "2018-05-23", "domainNote": "pptr.dev is the documentation site for Puppeteer, with a footer reading Copyright 2026 Google, Inc. RDAP gives a registration date of 23 May 2018. The repository is in the puppeteer organisation on GitHub. pptr.dev answers 404 for /.well-known/security.txt.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/blob/main/packages/puppeteer-core/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "No terms or privacy document governs this software beyond the Apache-2.0 licence, so `terms` and `privacy` are left out. The pptr.dev footer links Google's cookie policy for the site itself." ], "score": 68 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer.json" }, "answer": "Puppeteer scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)'s 30.6 (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", "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": 30.6, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1022, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1076, "categoryRank": 16, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 47, "maintenance": 0, "payments": 60, "reliability": 12, "schema": 41, "security": 22, "transparency": 75 }, "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": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 30.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 47, "maintenance": 0, "payments": 60, "reliability": 12, "schema": 41, "security": 22, "transparency": 80 }, "provenanceScore": 69 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/browser.control", "tool": "https://letme.dev/puppeteer-reference-server-archived" }, "supersededBy": [ 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"b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-08", "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": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "96k stars, 11.5M npm/wk", "b": "294 stars, 25k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "1/5 (2)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Puppeteer scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)'s 30.6 (F), and leads in 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Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) leads on transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Puppeteer or Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)?" }, { "answer": "No hosted endpoint is listed for Puppeteer. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.", "question": "Can an agent call Puppeteer and Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Puppeteer is open source (Apache-2.0). 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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/puppeteer-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puppeteer-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puppeteer-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puppeteer-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.min.md" }, "markdown": "Puppeteer scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)'s 30.6 (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- Puppeteer: grade BB, 70.6/100, rank #154 of 1076. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/puppeteer.json\n- Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server): grade F, 30.6/100, rank #1022 of 1076. 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 browser automation tools for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/browser/index.md\n- All 120 browser comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/browser/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Puppeteer (BB)\n\nGood for: Agents that write and run Node.js scripts against Chrome or Firefox.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 80 against 12\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 81 against 41\n- Agent ergonomics, 67 against 47\n- Security \u0026 auth, 52 against 22\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 89 against 0\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- No incidents deducted, where Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) loses 4 points for them\n\nWatch for: No MCP server, CLI or llms.txt of its own. The docs point agents to the separate chrome-devtools-mcp project\n\n### Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) (F)\n\nGood for: Nothing new.\n\nAhead on:\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 75 against 70\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## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Puppeteer | Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 80 | 12 | Puppeteer +68 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 41 | Puppeteer +40 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 47 | Puppeteer +20 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 52 | 22 | Puppeteer +30 |\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) | 89 | 0 | Puppeteer +89 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 75 | Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) +5 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -4 | |\n| **Total** | | **70.6 · BB** | **30.6 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Puppeteer | Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | SDK + MCP | MCP server |\n| Vendor | Google | 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 | Apache-2.0 | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 7 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-08 | 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 found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 96k stars, 11.5M npm/wk | 294 stars, 25k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 1/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Puppeteer.** Puppeteer is a stable, Apache-2.0 library on 25.13.0, with ten releases since 27 July 2026, typed APIs, locators that wait and retry, and accessibility snapshots an agent can read. It has no MCP server or llms.txt of its own, and 10 of the 20 most recent CI runs on main failed between 7 and 13 October 2026.\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### Puppeteer\n\n1. Install with `npm i puppeteer`, which downloads a matching Chrome for Testing. Use `puppeteer-core` to bring your own browser\n2. Prefer `page.locator()` over `page.$()`. Locators wait for the element to be visible and stable before acting\n3. Read pages with `page.accessibility.snapshot({interestingOnly: true})` rather than full HTML to keep output short\n4. Catch `TimeoutError` separately from `TargetCloseError`. The first can be retried, the second needs a new page or browser\n5. Packages are ESM only since 25.0.0. Use `import puppeteer from 'puppeteer'` rather than `require`\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, Puppeteer or Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)?\n\nPuppeteer scores 70.6 (BB) on agent readiness against Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)'s 30.6 (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 Puppeteer and Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) without installing anything?\n\nNo hosted endpoint is listed for Puppeteer. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.\n\n### Are Puppeteer and Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) open source?\n\nYes. Puppeteer is open source (Apache-2.0). 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/puppeteer-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/puppeteer-vs-puppeteer-reference-server-archived.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"puppeteer\", \"b\": \"puppeteer-reference-server-archived\"}`. 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