obscura

Why we included this project

Obscura is a headless browser written in Rust that runs real JavaScript through V8 and speaks the Chrome DevTools Protocol, so it can slot into existing Puppeteer or Playwright setups without a rewrite. The pitch is efficiency: the project claims a much smaller memory and binary footprint than headless Chrome, plus near-instant startup, which matters when you're running many parallel sessions for scraping or agent loops. It also ships anti-detection and TLS impersonation features to keep automated traffic from getting blocked, and the CLI exposes fetch, scrape, and MCP commands for wiring it into agent tooling. If you're building agents that need to act on live websites and want a lighter alternative to headless Chrome, this is worth a look.