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Puppeteer

Price: Free / Open Source · Last updated: September 29, 2026

Headless Chrome automation library by Google. Controls Chrome or Chromium through the DevTools protocol, which means you get access to everything the browser can do: rendering pages, taking screenshots, generating PDFs, intercepting network requests, manipulating cookies. Lighter than Selenium, more focused, but only works with Chromium-based browsers. The go-to for Node.js developers who need to scrape, test, or automate Chrome specifically.

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Price
Free / Open Source
System
Windows, macOS, Linux
Official site
pptr.dev
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