Lightpanda Browser

Development and automation teams that need a lightweight browser for agents, crawling or scripted web tasks.

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claude mcp add lightpanda -- /path/to/lightpanda mcp

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What it does

A headless browser written from scratch in Zig for AI agents and web automation. It has a built-in MCP server, so an AI tool can load pages and interact with them without a full desktop browser.

Use cases

01Let an agent load and read web pages through MCP
02Run scripted page visits as part of a workflow
03Crawl a set of pages for later analysis

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Lightpanda Browser.

What is Lightpanda Browser used for?

Development and automation teams that need a lightweight browser for agents, crawling or scripted web tasks. A headless browser written from scratch in Zig for AI agents and web automation. It has a built-in MCP server, so an AI tool can load pages and interact with them without a full desktop browser.

How do I install Lightpanda Browser?

Run this in your terminal: claude mcp add lightpanda -- /path/to/lightpanda mcp

Is Lightpanda Browser open source?

Yes. The code is on GitHub (lightpanda-io/browser) under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

Is Lightpanda Browser safe to use?

It passed our automatic scan for credential theft, hidden instructions and risky install commands. Third party open source software. Sabemos AI does not maintain it. Check the code and permissions before you connect it to company data.

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