// Drive browsers & computers
steel-browserv0.5.4-beta
🔥 Open Source Browser API for AI Agents & Apps. Steel Browser is a batteries-included browser sandbox that lets you automate the web without worrying about infrastructure.
Open source Maintained For agents
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steel-browser is 🔥 Open Source Browser API for AI Agents & Apps. Steel Browser is a batteries-included browser sandbox that lets you automate the web without worrying about infrastructure.
Good for: Developers who want their agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor…) to drive browsers & computers.
01How to start
- 1Read the official README for requirements and permissions.
- 2Install it as the official guide describes.
- 3Tell your agent the command exists (e.g. in AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md) so it knows when to call it.
02Alternatives & comparison
Compare side by side → browser-use Agents that use the browser. ★ 119k nanobrowser Open-Source Chrome extension for AI-powered web automation. Run multi-agent workflows using your own LLM API key. Alternative to OpenAI Operator. ★ 14k stagehand The SDK to extract data and interact with any site on the web. Get started with Claude Code, Codex, Eve, Mastra, and more. ★ 26k skyvern Automate browser based workflows with AI ★ 23k lightpanda-io/browser Lightpanda: the headless browser designed for AI and automation ★ 37k
03Related
- ›Hugging Face AI Agents Course · Hugging FaceMultilingual (incl. EN/ZH)
- ›huggingface/agents-course · Hugging FaceEnglish
- ›AI Agents for Beginners · MicrosoftMultilingual (incl. EN/ZH)
- ›Building effective agents · AnthropicEnglish
- ›OpenAI: A practical guide to building agents · OpenAIEnglish
- All tutorials →
Versions, why it is listed, for AI to read
Recent releases
- v0.5.3-beta 2026-04-24
- v0.5.2-beta 2026-03-15
- v0.5.1-beta 2025-11-19
- v0.4.5-beta 2025-11-04
- v0.4.4-beta 2025-10-19
For AI agents
- Interfaces：API
- Machine-readable record：/api/v1/software/steel-browser.json · llms.txt
- Added 2026-10-10 · updated 2026-10-23