steel-browser

<b>The open-source browser API for AI agents & apps.</b> 
The best way to build live web agents and browser automation tools.

✨ Highlights

Steel.dev is an open-source browser API that makes it easy to build AI apps and agents that interact with the web. Instead of building automation infrastructure from scratch, you can focus on your AI application while Steel handles the complexity.

Under the hood, it manages sessions, pages, and browser processes, allowing you to perform complex browsing tasks programmatically without any of the headaches:

• Full Browser Control: Uses Puppeteer and CDP for complete control over Chrome instances -- allowing you to connect using Puppeteer, Playwright, or Selenium.
• Session Management: Maintains browser state, cookies, and local storage across requests
• Proxy Support: Built-in proxy chain management for IP rotation
• Extension Support: Load custom Chrome extensions for enhanced functionality
• Debugging Tools: Built-in request logging and a UI to view/debug sessions with
• Anti-Detection: Includes stealth plugins and fingerprint management
• Resource Management: Automatic cleanup and browser lifecycle management
• Browser Tools: Exposes APIs to quick convert pages to markdown, readability, screenshots, or PDFs.

For detailed API documentation and examples, check out our API reference or explore the Swagger UI directly at http://0.0.0.0:3000/documentation.

Steel is in public beta and evolving every day. Your suggestions, ideas, and reported bugs help us immensely. Do not hesitate to join in the conversation on Discord or raise a GitHub issue. We read everything, respond to most, and love you.

If you love open-source, AI, and dev tools, we're hiring across the stack!

Make sure to give us a star ⭐

🛠️ Getting Started

The easiest way to get started with Steel is by creating a Steel Cloud account. Otherwise, you can deploy this Steel browser instance to a cloud provider or run it locally.

⚡ Quick Deploy

If you're looking to deploy to a cloud provider, we've got you covered.

Deployment methods	Link
Pre-built Docker Image (combined API + UI)
1-click deploy to Railway
1-click deploy to Render

💻 Running Locally

Docker

The simplest way to deploy/run a Steel browser instance locally is to run the pre-built Docker image:

# Pull and run the Docker image
docker run -p 3000:3000 -p 9223:9223 ghcr.io/steel-dev/steel-browser

This will start the Steel browser server on port 3000 (http://localhost:3000) and the UI at http://localhost:3000/ui. The 9223 port is used for the console debugger.

---

GitHub에서 전체 내용 보기