Item detail
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browser-use/browser-use

RepoRadar surfaced browser-use/browser-use — a developer tool — into the AI Automation section, where it sits at Silver tier with a 'watch' verdict. Its strongest signal is workflow potential, scored 8.8 out of 10.

Score8.0
Popularity71.0
Riskconditional
TierSilver
Score breakdown
Usefulness8.0
Novelty7.0
Momentum7.0
Maturity7.3
Open-source/build8.4
Evidence7.2
Workflow potential8.8
Setup ease6.2

Popularity is tracked separately. Support, ads, sponsorships, and tips never affect these signals.

Why it matters

Practical teams should care when web automation is becoming part of customer-visible assistants or internal RPA workflows.

Who should use it

browser automation builders workflow/agent engineers teams testing AI-assisted web tasks

Who should skip it

Skip browser-use/browser-use unless the captured evidence suggests it solves a problem you are actively working on.

About this signal

browser-use/browser-use is tracked by RepoRadar as a developer tool in the AI Automation section. First seen 2026-06-18; the source record was last checked on 2026-06-18. The current verdict is 'watch' with a Silver tier and intermediate setup difficulty. browser-use/browser-use leads on workflow potential (8.8) and open-source/build quality (8.4); its lowest signal is setup ease (6.2), so factor that in before investing setup time. This page summarizes the public evidence on the linked source page and states where additional review is still needed.

How this item is evaluated

The browser-use/browser-use record combines a 8.0/10 composite score with separate popularity (71.0), risk (conditional), and setup (intermediate) signals. See the scoring methodology for the current weights and evidence definitions.

Putting this into practice? Read How to evaluate an AI tool before you adopt it for the checklist behind this score.

Risk explanation

Browser-control agents can perform destructive actions if actions are not whitelisted and audit logs are weak.

Evidence links
Closest alternatives / related signals
browser-automation agents web orchestration python
Verification record

What RepoRadar actually verified

Installed and tested

Hands-on setup or capability check retained by RepoRadar verification harness. Last checked 2026-07-13T03:23:08.661423Z.

partial · cohort-20260712-browser-use-import

Tester
RepoRadar automated local verification harness
Started
2026-07-13T03:23:05.494892Z
Completed
2026-07-13T03:23:08.661423Z
Environment
Windows 10 AMD64; Python 3.11.9; credential-stripped child environment; disposable home/cache
Install/setup time
0 minute(s)
Evidence scope
Bounded setup or capability check
Cleanup
Per-check temporary home and work directory removed. Shared cohort package cache removed.
Actions exercised
  • Created a disposable home, work directory, and isolated package cache with credential-like environment variables excluded.
  • Executed bounded check: Install and import browser-use in an isolated Python environment.
  • Captured the complete sanitized stdout, stderr, exit status, and 3.17-second wall time.
Observed results
  • Command exited 0 after 3.17 seconds.
  • Expected marker 'CHECK_OK' was observed in retained output.
Observed strengths
  • browser-use==0.13.4 installed and imported successfully in the isolated Python environment without launching a browser or agent.
Friction
  • The command emitted stderr; warnings or errors are preserved in the retained log for review.
Limitations
  • No browser binary, website, agent, provider credential, or model call was used.
  • This bounded cohort check is not a production benchmark or a claim of real user-workflow adoption.

Pricing assessment: No paid plan or metered provider usage was exercised; package or licensing, hosting, and provider costs remain workflow-dependent.

Privacy assessment: No repository content, user data, or provider prompt was transmitted; broader product data handling was not assessed by this bounded run.

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Verification sources

Longitudinal intelligence

How this decision record is moving

Raw history JSON →

47 dated snapshots retained from 2026-06-18 through 2026-08-13; see the snapshot index for explicit coverage gaps. Stars, version, release, pricing, integration, risk, maintenance, verdict, score, and momentum fields remain explicit even when a source has not reported them. Repository momentum is a normalized 0–10 RepoRadar signal; GitHub stars appear only where the popularity monitor retained exact timestamped observations.

RepoRadar score8.0 current · +0.0 net
Repository momentum10.0 current · +3.0 net
GitHub stars (observed)109,111 current · +4,603 net
GitHub stars109,111 exact observation
Version0.13.7
Last release2026-07-27T17:10:13Z
Maintenanceactive
Current riskconditional
Current verdictwatch
Pricing baselineNo structured commercial pricing baseline
Pricing checkedNot applicable or not recorded
Pricing freshnessNo dated commercial pricing review
Integrations baselineNo structured integrations recorded

Recent dated points

DateScoreMomentumStarsRiskVerdictMaintenance
2026-08-138.010.0109,111conditionalwatchactive
2026-08-128.010.0108,945conditionalwatchactive
2026-08-118.010.0108,742conditionalwatchactive
2026-08-108.010.0108,572conditionalwatchactive
2026-08-098.010.0108,416conditionalwatchactive
2026-08-088.010.0108,260conditionalwatchactive
2026-08-078.010.0107,680conditionalwatchactive
2026-08-068.07.0Not recordedconditionalwatchnot recorded
2026-08-058.07.0Not recordedconditionalwatchnot recorded
2026-08-048.010.0107,680conditionalwatchactive
2026-08-038.010.0107,680conditionalwatchactive
2026-08-028.09.6107,553conditionalwatchactive

Why the record changed

stars changed

Stars changed: 108945 → 109111.

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Stars changed: 108742 → 108945.

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Stars changed: 107460 → 107553.

stars changed

Source-observed stars changed: 107426 → 107460. This reports the retained observation delta and does not infer why the upstream change occurred.

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Source-observed stars changed: 107425 → 107426. This reports the retained observation delta and does not infer why the upstream change occurred.

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Source-observed stars changed: 107422 → 107425. This reports the retained observation delta and does not infer why the upstream change occurred.

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Source-observed stars changed: 107421 → 107422. This reports the retained observation delta and does not infer why the upstream change occurred.