Browser Use: Open source artifact allows AI to control browsers freely
Author: LoRATime: 10 Mar 2025852
Recently, the technology circle and the developer community have been flooded with an open source project called Browser Use! This tool is like giving AI wings, allowing them to control browsers as freely as humans, and command AI to automatically complete various web tasks in natural language. Its powerful automation capabilities and flexible deployment methods instantly ignited the enthusiasm of global technology enthusiasts and caused huge waves on the X platform (formerly Twitter). Browser Use is promoting the continuous expansion of AI's application boundaries in the field of browser automation with a prairie fire.
Who is Browser Use? It can attract such great attention? This open source project hosted on GitHub aims to give AI agents powerful browser operation capabilities. As X user @GitHubGPT said on March 9: "Browser-use is a powerful tool for AI agents to automate browser tasks. It not only provides a hosted version out of the box, but also provides rich resources for developers." This post is like a spark, quickly igniting the popularity of Browser Use. The project was developed by @gregpr07 and was written in Python. It has won 37,381 stars and 3,877 Forks in just a short time. It is so popular that its popularity continues to soar.
The core functions of Browser Use are powerful and practical: it allows users to control the browser through natural language instructions without cumbersome code writing; it also supports two cloud and local deployment methods to meet the needs of different users; what is even more surprising is that it is also compatible with a variety of top AI models such as DeepSeek, Claude, Gemini and GPT, showing excellent openness and compatibility. @LangChainAI also praised Browser-Use as "an open source tool that enables AI agents to control browsers through natural language, enabling complex browser automation."
The enthusiastic feedback from X community users to Browser Use directly confirms its powerful charm. @vista8 excitedly said on March 9: "Browser Use is so interesting! It allows AI to control browsers, access websites, and automatically summarize information. I heard that many Manus-like products are using it." The user revealed the application potential of Browser Use. It can not only be used for information collection, but also for a wider range of scenarios such as website operations. It is even regarded as a star of tomorrow in the field of AI robot process automation (RPA).
@hr98w shared his personal experience on January 7: "I tried to ask it to query the DR value of the website on Ahrefs, but it was stuck in Cloudflare's human-computer verification process. If you change to a model that supports visual recognition, it should be completed smoothly. I feel that this thing can be used to automatically submit external links, and there is a huge room for imagination!" He also specifically mentioned that Browser Use is equipped with a friendly user interface (UI), which can be easily started with even non-technical personnel and enjoy the convenience of AI automation. @TaNGSoFT exclaimed on February 13: "I was completely shocked by the Browser Use WebUI open source project these two days. Combined with the DeepSeek R1 model locally deployed, it can achieve infinite freedom of use!" This comment fully demonstrates the great attraction of Browser Use in localized deployment and efficient use.
The success of Browser Use is inseparable from its simple design concept and powerful functional integration. It simplifies the complexity, allowing users to direct the browser to complete various complex tasks in natural language, such as information retrieval, form filling, web navigation, etc. The project also provides an open-to-use cloud hosting version, allowing users to experience its magic immediately, while open-source code provides developers with unlimited possibilities for secondary development and in-depth customization.
Users on the X platform also revealed that the high flexibility of Browser Use allows it to act as an underlying technology to provide strong support for other AI products. For example, @vista8 implies that star products like Manus may have adopted Browser Use as their core component. What is even more gratifying is that community developers are also actively participating in the construction of Browser Use, contributing code, optimizing UI, and continuously lowering the threshold for use, making this artifact more and more perfect and easier to use.
The emergence of the Browser Use open source project fully demonstrates the huge energy hidden in the field of AI browser automation. Judging from the enthusiastic response on the X platform, Browser Use not only builds a platform full of innovation and vitality for developers, but also brings an unprecedented convenient and automated experience to ordinary users. With the continuous iteration and upgrading of its functions and the vigorous development and growth of the community, Browser Use is very likely to become the most dazzling new star in the AI technology ecosystem in 2025. Let us look forward to it bringing us more surprises in the future!
