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dots vs pydoll
dots has 32,383 GitHub stars, 4,739 forks, 0 open issues and last shipped 5 days ago. pydoll has 7,133 stars, 413 forks, 23 open issues and last shipped 27 days ago. dots leads on adoption by 354% (32,383 vs 7,133 stars). dots is written in TypeScript under MIT; pydoll is written in HTML under MIT. dots has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, pydoll 6%. dots was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (automation), 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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| dots | pydoll | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 7.1K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | HTML |
| Last push | 2026-10-31 | 2026-10-09 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.7K | ⑂ 413 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick dots if
- You weight community size — 32K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick pydoll if
- You want the pydoll feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches HTML
- You evaluated both and pydoll fits your workflow better
About dots
dots Every AI agent is a model and a browser. You can swap the model with one flag. The browser is what the website sees. Windows, in PowerShell: Linux: Then open The conversation on the left, the browser on the right, live. It all comes down to the browser When a web agent fails, the model is rarely why. The page never loaded, a challenge appeared, the login expired, the click did not land. All of that happens in the browser, before the model gets to think. So dots is built around one: A real Firefox engine, patched in C++. The fingerprint is decided inside the engine, not painted over with JavaScript that a…
About pydoll
The stealth first browser automation library for Python. No WebDriver, no navigator.webdriver flag, humanized clicks and typing. = 3.10" Documentation · Getting Started · Features · Support You have probably watched a scraper work on your machine, then hit a wall of captchas and Cloudflare challenges the moment it ran for real. That wall is what Pydoll is built around. It drives Chrome directly over the DevTools Protocol, so there is no WebDriver binary and no navigator.webdriver flag to give you away, and it clicks, types, and scrolls like a real person. That is often enough to get past the…
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Frequently asked questions
Is dots or pydoll more popular?
dots has 32,383 GitHub stars and pydoll has 7,133. dots has the larger community by that measure.
Are dots and pydoll free?
Both are open source. dots is licensed under MIT and pydoll under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between dots and pydoll?
dots is written in TypeScript and pydoll in HTML. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, dots or pydoll?
Choose dots if you want the larger community (32,383 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose pydoll if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.