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Stagehand

by browserbaseTypeScript

AI powered browser automation framework for building reliable web agents on top of Playwright.

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Selector based automation breaks whenever a page changes, while fully autonomous agents are unpredictable in production.

Use it when

Use it when you want AI to handle unfamiliar pages but keep deterministic code for the steps you already know.

Not the right pick when

It works best with an LLM provider key and Browserbase credentials, so it is not free of external dependencies.

Capabilities

  • act() for individual natural language actions
  • agent() for multi step tasks
  • extract() for structured data with a schema
  • CDP engine for low level browser control
  • caching and self healing of repeatable actions
  • preview of AI actions before running them

Requirements

  • API key for an LLM provider
  • Browserbase credentials

Cost: Open source with a paid cloud option

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Latest release stagehand-server-v3/v3.7.4

Published 2026-07-21

What's Changed

  • feat(evals): group trajectories by run and cross-link Braintrust experiments by @miguelg719 in https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand/pull/2177
  • chore(docs): Add docs ownership and review rules by @Kylejeong2 in https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand/pull/2226
  • feat(core): support OpenAI Chat Completions via openaiEndpointFormat by @miguelg719 in https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand/pull/2347
  • feat(server-v3): expose OpenAI endpoint format by @miguelg719 in https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand/pull/2374

Full Changelog: https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand/compare/stagehand-server-v3/v3.7.3...stagehand-server-v3/v3.7.4

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<strong>The AI Browser Automation Framework</strong><br>

<a href="https://docs.stagehand.dev">Read the Docs</a>

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If you're looking for the Python implementation, you can find it

<a href="https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand-python"> here</a>

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What is Stagehand?

Stagehand is a browser automation framework used to control web browsers with natural language and code. By combining the power of AI with the precision of code, Stagehand makes web automation flexible, maintainable, and actually reliable.

Why Stagehand?

Most existing browser automation tools either require you to write low-level code in a framework like Selenium, Playwright, or Puppeteer, or use high-level agents that can be unpredictable in production. By letting developers choose what to write in code vs. natural language (and bridging the gap between the two) Stagehand is the natural choice for browser automations in production.

  1. Choose when to write code vs. natural language: use AI when you want to navigate unfamiliar pages, and use code when you know exactly what you want to do.
  1. Go from AI-driven to repeatable workflows: Stagehand lets you preview AI actions before running them, and also helps you easily cache repeatable actions to save time and tokens.
  1. Write once, run forever: Stagehand's auto-caching combined with self-healing remembers previous actions, runs without LLM inference, and knows when to involve AI whenever the website changes and your automation breaks.

Getting Started

Start with Stagehand with one line of code, or check out our Quickstart Guide for more information:


npx create-browser-app

Example

Here's how to build a sample browser automation with Stagehand:


// Stagehand's CDP engine provides an optimized, low level interface to the browser built for automation
const page = stagehand.context.pages()[0];
await page.goto("https://github.com/browserbase");

// Use act() to execute individual actions
await stagehand.act("click on the stagehand repo");

// Use agent() for multi-step tasks
const agent = stagehand.agent();
await agent.execute("Get to the latest PR");

// Use extract() to get structured data from the page
const { author, title } = await stagehand.extract(
  "extract the author and title of the PR",
  z.object({
    author: z.string().describe("The username of the PR author"),
    title: z.string().describe("The title of the PR"),
  }),
);

Documentation

Visit docs.stagehand.dev to view the full documentation.

Build and Run from Source


git clone https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand.git
cd stagehand
pnpm install
pnpm run build
pnpm run example # run the blank script at ./examples/example.ts

Stagehand is best when you have an API key for an LLM provider and Browserbase credentials. To add these to your project, run:


cp .env.example .env
nano .env # Edit the .env file to add API keys

Installing from a branch

To install Stagehand directly from a GitHub branch, install the core package subdirectory:


pnpm add "github:browserbase/stagehand#<branchName>&path:/packages/core"

Or set it in your project's package.json:


"@browserbasehq/stagehand": "github:browserbase/stagehand#<branchName>&path:/packages/core"

Contributing

[!NOTE]

We highly value contributions to Stagehand! For questions or support, please join our Discord community.

At a high level, we're focused on improving reliability, extensibility, speed, and cost in that order of priority. If you're interested in contributing, bug fixes and small improvements are the best way to get started. For more involved features, we strongly recommend reaching out to Miguel Gonzalez or Paul Klein in our Discord community before starting to ensure that your contribution aligns with our goals.

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Acknowledgements

We'd like to thank the following people for their major contributions to Stagehand:

License

Licensed under the MIT License.

Copyright 2025 Browserbase, Inc.

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