Vibium
Ranked 6 of 12 browser automation tools by recommenders
Free browser automation tool from Selenium's creator, built for AI agents and vibe coding; people recommend its batteries-included developer experience. Caveat: it is a young v1, not yet for production.
Free browser automation tool from Selenium's creator, built for AI agents and vibe coding; people recommend its batteries-included developer experience. Caveat: it is a young v1, not yet for production.
15 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 80%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Built for AI agent browser control
“batteries included. great dx. but built for where the industry is going: ai agents that need to drive browsers.”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium's creator” “The "sense-think-act" architecture is exactly what's needed for agentic workflows.”
Comment from 26 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium's creator” “with vibium, i'm optimizing for "vibe coding" and ai-driven workflows first”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium's creator” Useful for practical browsing tasks
“it automatically help me to broser a local forum and give a summary of hot posts today”
Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium's creator” “this looks really valuable, thanks for developing and sharing”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium's creator” Saves effort versus building it yourself
“Nice. I was just thinking of building this very thing. Glad to see I won't have to.”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium's creator” “thank you for the Christmas gift of fewer keystrokes”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium's creator”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Too new for production use
“it's just v1. good for experimenting, not for production (yet!)”
Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium's creator” “vibium is hardly 2 days old. the 5-yr plan is grand.”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium's creator”
Other browser automation tools people recommend
The four most recommended other browser automation tools, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playwright | 137 | 28 | 83% | 12 | 3 mo3 owners | Approved |
| Playwright CLI | 19 | 1 | 95% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Selenium | 15 | 5 | 75% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Puppeteer | 14 | 16 | 47% | 10 | — | — |
| VibiumThis page | 12 | 3 | 80% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
16 of the 19 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“need something more token efficient”
“That didn't work - generates errors.”
“https://github.com/VibiumDev/vibium”
“The "sense-think-act" architecture is exactly what's needed for agentic workflows.”
“I absolutely love what you're doing but I don't know if one person can create something so complex”
“it's just v1. good for experimenting, not for production (yet!)”
“it automatically help me to broser a local forum and give a summary of hot posts today”
“seems vibium may tap into that startup market as it matures”
“For right now, the MCP server doesn't expose quite enough to navigate on its own.”
“vibium is hardly 2 days old. the 5-yr plan is grand.”
“to give that massive (and it truly is massive, i'm not bragging) installed base”
“thank you for the Christmas gift of fewer keystrokes”
“with vibium, i'm optimizing for "vibe coding" and ai-driven workflows first”
“this looks really valuable, thanks for developing and sharing”
“batteries included. great dx. but built for where the industry is going: ai agents that need to drive browsers.”
“Nice. I was just thinking of building this very thing. Glad to see I won't have to.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.