Run stealth Chromium browser automation with CloakBrowser
Use CloakBrowser as a supervised Playwright/Puppeteer-compatible browser runtime for high-friction browser automation and anti-bot test environments.
Prerequisites
Python or Node.js, CloakBrowser package, Playwright/Puppeteer-compatible automation script, optional Docker/proxy configuration
Installation
Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- docker run --rm cloakhq/cloakbrowser cloaktest
- pip install cloakbrowser
- npm install cloakbrowser playwright-core
- npm install cloakbrowser puppeteer-core
Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Drop-in Playwright/Puppeteer replacement for Python and JavaScript.
- Python:
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
Free and open source — no subscriptions, no usage limits
bash
With Playwright
Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CloakHQ/CloakBrowser/HEAD/README.md