# Camoufox Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/camoufox/ 10 people recommended Camoufox in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 9 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** A free, Firefox-based browser that people use to get past bot detection and Cloudflare for scraping and automation, often on a VPS. Summary written by Claude from 11 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Gets past bot detection and Cloudflare (4 comments in the sample): "it tries to hide the fact that it is an AI running a bot and seems to be fairly successful" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50200729)) "The Camoufox scraper cuts through Cloudflare, Bloomberg and paywalls with 0% detection." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46834136)) "usually a combination of something like camoufox and a residential ip address" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50141696)) - Often called a great option (2 comments in the sample): "Camoufox is great for running browser instances on a VPS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49227778)) "Camoufox is a great option to test out" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48449776)) ## What people recommend instead - [Lightpanda headless browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lightpanda/): 14 recommend, 1 mixed, 6 criticize ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Camoufox", https://hackerapproved.com/p/camoufox/ (10 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.