Browserless Headless Browser Automation Infrastructure

---
name: "Browserless Headless Browser Automation Infrastructure"
slug: "browserless-headless-browser-automation-infrastructure"
description: "Browserless turns Chrome, Firefox, and WebKit into a remote browser service you can self-host or consume as a managed platform. It gives automation stacks a stable WebSocket and REST surface for screenshots, PDFs, scraping, persistent sessions, and debugging without hand-managing browser fleets."
github_stars: 12954
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/browserless/browserless"
author: "browserless"
category: "Browser Automation"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "browserless/browserless"
  github_stars: 12954
---

# Browserless Headless Browser Automation Infrastructure

Browserless turns Chrome, Firefox, and WebKit into a remote browser service you can self-host or consume as a managed platform. It gives automation stacks a stable WebSocket and REST surface for screenshots, PDFs, scraping, persistent sessions, and debugging without hand-managing browser fleets.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- docker run -p 3000:3000 ghcr.io/browserless/chromium

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- <h3>Deploy headless browsers in Docker. Run on our cloud or bring your own.</h3>
- <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/browserless/chrome">
- <img src="https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/browserless/chrome?style=flat-square" alt="Docker pulls" />

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/📦_Run_Locally-34A853?style=for-the-badge" alt="Run Locally" />
- <summary><b>📘 Puppeteer Example</b></summary>
- await page.goto('https://example.com');

- Source: https://github.com/browserless/browserless
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/browserless/browserless/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/browserless-headless-browser-automation-infrastructure/)