acunningham-ship-it/veilbrowser

Overview

Veilbrowser is a stealth browser for AI agents, running a real Chrome instance over raw Chrome DevTools Protocol instead of Playwright or Puppeteer. It is written in TypeScript and is MCP-native. The tool passes sannysoft 57/57 bot detection tests and bypasses Cloudflare.

Best for

Best for
AI agent builders who need stealthy browser access without Playwright or Puppeteer.

Use cases

• Stealth web scraping for AI agents
• Bypassing Cloudflare-protected pages during automation
• Browser automation without Playwright or Puppeteer dependencies

How to use

Install

pip install git+https://github.com/acunningham-ship-it/veilbrowser.git#subdirectory=python

Notes

Veilbrowser is a stealth browser for AI agents, running a real Chrome instance over raw Chrome DevTools Protocol instead of Playwright or Puppeteer. It is written in TypeScript and is MCP-native. The tool passes sannysoft 57/57 bot detection tests and bypasses Cloudflare.

42 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-08-31. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Stealth web scraping for AI agents
• Bypassing Cloudflare-protected pages during automation
• Browser automation without Playwright or Puppeteer dependencies

Pros

• Passes sannysoft 57/57 bot detection tests
• Uses raw CDP, avoiding Playwright and Puppeteer overhead
• MCP-native integration for AI agent workflows

Cons

• Small project with only 42 GitHub stars, so maturity is unproven
• Raw CDP requires more low-level control than high-level frameworks
• Bypassing anti-bot systems may break as detection methods evolve

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