The best headless browsers, according to hackers
3 headless browsers recommended in Hacker News comments over the past year, ranked by how many separate people recommend each one.
- Most recommendedLightpanda headless browser16 people recommend it
- Least regretCamoufox10 recommend, 1 criticize
All headless browsers
- Lightpanda headless browserRecommended as a lightweight, fast headless browser for AI agents and automation, used at scale; critics say it is easy to detect and block.16recommend
- CamoufoxA free, Firefox-based browser that people use to get past bot detection and Cloudflare for scraping and automation, often on a VPS.10recommend
- KitesurfAn agent-first browser that runs in Cloudflare V8 isolates, which people say saves a lot of manual browsing time. The caveat is that websites could fingerprint it and block it.6recommend