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BrowserOS vs llm-scraper
BrowserOS has 13,718 GitHub stars, 1,459 forks, 82 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. llm-scraper has 6,936 stars, 454 forks, 9 open issues and last shipped 10 days ago. BrowserOS leads on adoption by 98% (13,718 vs 6,936 stars). BrowserOS is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; llm-scraper is written in TypeScript under MIT. BrowserOS has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, llm-scraper 7%. 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, llm), 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 | llm-scraper | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 14K | ★ 6.9K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-10 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.5K | ⑂ 454 |
| 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 llm-scraper if
- You want the llm-scraper feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and llm-scraper 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 llm-scraper
LLM Scraper is an MIT licensed TypeScript library that turns any webpage into structured data by combining Playwright with a large language model, built for developers who want typed, schema shaped extraction instead of hand written selectors.
read the full llm-scraper overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is BrowserOS or llm-scraper more popular?
BrowserOS has 13,718 GitHub stars and llm-scraper has 6,936. BrowserOS has the larger community by that measure.
Are BrowserOS and llm-scraper free?
Both are open source. BrowserOS is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and llm-scraper under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between BrowserOS and llm-scraper?
BrowserOS is written in TypeScript and llm-scraper in TypeScript. 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 llm-scraper?
Choose BrowserOS if you want the larger community (13,718 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose llm-scraper if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.