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Browserbash MCP Server

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Browserbash runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 139 installs a week from npm. Last commit 10 Jul 2026.

Plain-English browser tests for AI agents: real Chrome, deterministic verdicts. Free, no API keys.

Installs per day peak 40 · avg 14 · -16% w/w
a month agotoday
139
Installs / week
npm · browserbash-cli
3
Stars
0 open issues
10 Jul 2026
Last commit
no releases in 90 days
Apache-2.0
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 3 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.

Builds a file path from a variable launch-assets/producthunt/render.mjs:28
  const srcPath = path.join(HTML_DIR, src);
        spawn(cmd, args, { stdio: 'ignore', detached: true }).unref();
Page executes code built at runtime site/public/math.html:189
  $("rows").innerHTML = calc.map(c => {

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

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (Anthropic API key. Optional: without it BrowserBash auto-resolves a free local Ollama model).

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Browserbash — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Browserbash?
Browserbash 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 browserbash-cli was installed 139 times last week.
How do I connect Browserbash?
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 browserbash-cli straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Browserbash?
The npm package browserbash-cli was installed 139 times in the last week. Week over week that is -16%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Browserbash open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript and 3 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.