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.
At a glance
- Price
- Free / Open Source
- System
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Official site
- pptr.dev
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