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Agent Browser MCP Server

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Agent Browser runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 84 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 1 Oct 2026.

Self-hosted Chrome for AI agents, with a live noVNC view a human can take over.

Installs per day peak 340 · avg 26 · -13% w/w
a month agotoday
84
Installs / week
npm · aether-browser
14
Stars
2 open issues
1 Oct 2026
Last commit
5 releases in 90 days
Apache-2.0
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 5 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

    return subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True, text=True, check=False)  # noqa: S603
In the project's build, not in the package

Found in continuous integration, deployment or infrastructure files, or in a neighbouring package of the same monorepo. None of this is installed when you add the server: it describes how the project is built and released. We list it because a leaked key in a build pipeline is still a real problem, but it is not something this server does on your machine.

Runs an external command clients/node/src/cli.js:35
  return spawnSync(cmd, args, { encoding: 'utf8', ...options })

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add agent-browser -- npx -y aether-browser
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-browser": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "aether-browser"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.agent-browser]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "aether-browser"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-browser": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "aether-browser"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "agent-browser": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "aether-browser"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: AGENT_BROWSER_URL (Base URL of your Agent Browser server. Defaults to http://127.0.0.1:8092), AGENT_BROWSER_CONTROLLER_TOKEN (Controller token, if the server runs authenticated), AGENT_BROWSER_OBSERVER_TOKEN (Observer token for read-only health and snapshot calls).

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Agent Browser — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Agent Browser?
Agent Browser runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package aether-browser was installed 84 times last week.
How do I connect Agent Browser?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls aether-browser straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Agent Browser?
The npm package aether-browser was installed 84 times in the last week. Week over week that is -13%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Agent Browser open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Python, 14 stars on GitHub and 2 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.