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Browser Gateway MCP Server

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Browser Gateway runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 378 installs a week from npm. Last commit 20 Oct 2026.

AI browser tools with Chrome CDP. Navigate, screenshot, interact. Multi-provider failover.

Installs per day peak 346 · avg 101 · -52% w/w
a month agotoday
378
Installs / week
npm · browser-gateway
19
Stars
0 open issues
20 Oct 2026
Last commit
27 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 2 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.

Runs an external command src/server/browse/client.ts:84
  const child = spawn(process.execPath, [entry], {

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 browser-gateway -- npx -y browser-gateway
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "browser-gateway": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "browser-gateway"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.browser-gateway]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "browser-gateway"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "browser-gateway": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "browser-gateway"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "browser-gateway": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "browser-gateway"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: BG_TOKEN (Authentication token for gateway access (optional, only needed with remote providers)).

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Browser Gateway — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Browser Gateway?
Browser Gateway 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 browser-gateway was installed 378 times last week.
How do I connect Browser Gateway?
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 browser-gateway straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Browser Gateway?
The npm package browser-gateway was installed 378 times in the last week. Week over week that is -52%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Browser Gateway open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 19 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.