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BrowserOS vs fingerprint-chromium
BrowserOS has 13,718 GitHub stars, 1,459 forks, 82 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. fingerprint-chromium has 3,053 stars, 438 forks, 28 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. BrowserOS leads on adoption by 349% (13,718 vs 3,053 stars). BrowserOS is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; fingerprint-chromium is written in various languages under BSD-3-Clause. BrowserOS has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, fingerprint-chromium 14%. BrowserOS was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (browser, chromium), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| BrowserOS | fingerprint-chromium | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 14K | ★ 3.1K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Written in | TypeScript | — |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-06-21 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.5K | ⑂ 438 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick BrowserOS if
- You weight community size — 14K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick fingerprint-chromium if
- You want the fingerprint-chromium feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the BSD-3-Clause license terms
- You evaluated both and fingerprint-chromium fits your workflow better
About BrowserOS
BrowserOS is an open source agentic browser, written in TypeScript under AGPL 3.0, that puts AI agents inside a real Chromium browser on the user's own machine so they can work with real logged in accounts, and it is aimed at people who already use an agent harness such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or any MCP agent and want that agent to handle web tasks instead of a sandbox.
read the full BrowserOS overview →
About fingerprint-chromium
fingerprint chromium is an open source fingerprint browser based on Ungoogled Chromium, distributed as prebuilt browser binaries for Windows, Linux, and macOS, and aimed at anyone who needs to control the fingerprint their browser presents to a website — anti bot testing, anti detection research, scraping, and privacy work.
read the full fingerprint-chromium overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is BrowserOS or fingerprint-chromium more popular?
BrowserOS has 13,718 GitHub stars and fingerprint-chromium has 3,053. BrowserOS has the larger community by that measure.
Are BrowserOS and fingerprint-chromium free?
Both are open source. BrowserOS is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and fingerprint-chromium under BSD-3-Clause. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between BrowserOS and fingerprint-chromium?
BrowserOS is written in TypeScript and fingerprint-chromium in various languages. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, BrowserOS or fingerprint-chromium?
Choose BrowserOS if you want the larger community (13,718 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose fingerprint-chromium if its feature set, stack or BSD-3-Clause licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.