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stagehand vs stealth-browser-mcp
stagehand has 24,565 GitHub stars, 1,698 forks, 376 open issues and last shipped today. stealth-browser-mcp has 2,104 stars, 291 forks, 4 open issues and last shipped yesterday. stagehand leads on adoption by 1,068% (24,565 vs 2,104 stars). stagehand is written in TypeScript under MIT; stealth-browser-mcp is written in Python under MIT. stagehand has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, stealth-browser-mcp 14%. stagehand was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (browser-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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| stagehand | stealth-browser-mcp | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 25K | ★ 2.1K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | Python |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.7K | ⑂ 291 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick stagehand if
- You weight community size — 25K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick stealth-browser-mcp if
- You want the stealth-browser-mcp feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and stealth-browser-mcp fits your workflow better
About stagehand
Stagehand is the MIT licensed SDK for extracting data and interacting with any site on the web, available in TypeScript, Python, and Go, and aimed at developers building AI agents that need to drive a browser the way a person does rather than at engineers writing test suites.
read the full stagehand overview →
About stealth-browser-mcp
Stealth Browser MCP is a Python, MIT licensed MCP server that hands MCP compatible AI agents a real Chrome family browser to drive, so the agent can reach pages sitting behind Cloudflare challenges, anti bot checks, and login walls.
read the full stealth-browser-mcp overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is stagehand or stealth-browser-mcp more popular?
stagehand has 24,565 GitHub stars and stealth-browser-mcp has 2,104. stagehand has the larger community by that measure.
Are stagehand and stealth-browser-mcp free?
Both are open source. stagehand is licensed under MIT and stealth-browser-mcp under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between stagehand and stealth-browser-mcp?
stagehand is written in TypeScript and stealth-browser-mcp in Python. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, stagehand or stealth-browser-mcp?
Choose stagehand if you want the larger community (24,565 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose stealth-browser-mcp if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.