Browser Use AI Agent
by browser-useOpen-source Python library for AI browser agents, plus Browser Use Cloud: stealth browsers and a hosted agent API.
Browser Use is an open-source ai agent by browser-use, written mainly in Python, with 119,727 GitHub stars and the MIT license. Its code was last updated Oct 31, 2026.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit b49a68e. Seen able to read environment and secrets, connect to the internet. Scan policy
What Browser Use can touch
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Run shell commandsNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Run dynamic codeNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or write filesNot seen in this scan
- Seen in this scan, either in the code or while it ran.Read environment and secretsFound in the code by our scan
- Not checked directly. Its own description suggests it does this.Control a web browserLikely, from its own description
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Connect to databasesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or send messagesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Touch money or tradingNot seen in this scan
- Seen in this scan, either in the code or while it ran.Connect to the internetFound in the code by our scan
"Not seen" means our checks did not find it, and the tool may still do it. Covers commit b49a68e, Nov 5, 2026. See the scan policy.
Before you install Browser Use
AgenticMart scanned Browser Use on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What it can access
- An AI agent decides its own next steps and calls whatever tools you give it, so its risk depends on the access you grant.
- Based on its description and topics, it likely needs to control a web browser (visit sites, fill in and submit forms).
- Based on its description and topics, it likely needs to act on cloud infrastructure.
Before you install
- Run it in a separate browser profile without your logged-in accounts.
- Use a role with only the permissions it needs, never an admin key.
- Pin the version you reviewed instead of always installing the latest release.
- Read the tool list or scripts before the first run, and keep approval prompts on for actions that write, send or delete.
- Maintained by browser-use on GitHub, 119,727 stars and 13,337 forks. Popularity is not proof of safety.
- Last code change: Oct 31, 2026.
- Open-source license: MIT.
Browser Use is an open-source ai agent by browser-use, written mainly in Python. Open-source Python library for AI browser agents, plus Browser Use Cloud: stealth browsers and a hosted agent API.
At a glance
- Stars
- 120k
- Forks
- 13k
- Language
- Python
- License
- MIT
- Created
- Oct 2024
- Last update
- Oct 31, 2026
- Type
- AI Agent
- Price
- Free
Topics
Questions about Browser Use
What is Browser Use?
Open-source Python library for AI browser agents, plus Browser Use Cloud: stealth browsers and a hosted agent API.
Who maintains Browser Use?
Browser Use is maintained by browser-use on GitHub (browser-use/browser-use). AgenticMart lists it from public repository data.
Is Browser Use safe to use?
AgenticMart scanned Browser Use on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What license does Browser Use use?
It is published under the MIT license.
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