Browser Use
by browser-use
Lets AI do web tasks for you, such as filling forms, searching and extracting data, in the maker’s cloud browsers or on your computer.
Computer or cloud★ 120,087MITUpdated 17 days ago
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Argus
Overview
Description from the maker (original English)
Drive Argus anti-detect browser profiles: isolated identities with their own fingerprint and proxy.
PopNx MCP’s three pillars
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- User voiceiNo reviews yetReviews open together with accounts in a later step
- Our basic checksi1 of 1 passedChecked from public information; code not scanned yet
- UsageiNot measured yet★ –
What you can do with it
We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.
- Connection: –
- Transport:
- Category: Web & browsers
Install
Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.
Before you install
- Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
- Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
- The registry lists no key to fill in.
The maker has not listed install details in the registry. See the maker’s README below.
What it can do
Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.
Basic checksi
We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026
- ✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account pochtmanr, which owns the repo
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Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
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Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
- – Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
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Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
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No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints
Compared with others in Web & browsersi
- More stars than 0% of the other 881 servers in this category
- Published to the registry more recently than 29% of the other 881 servers in this category
- Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 881 servers in this category
Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.
Common questions
Is Argus safe?
It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.
What keys or codes does it need?
The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.
Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?
It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).
Is it still maintained?
The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.0.72) reached the registry 3 months ago.
Which apps can use it?
Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code.
What can I use instead?
In the same category: Browser Use, Chrome DevTools MCP, MCP Server Browser
Alternatives
Servers in the same category from other makers, sorted by stars.
Reading a card:★ GitHub starsiThree pillars: reviews · checks · usageiUpdated = latest version published to the registryi
Chrome DevTools MCP
by ChromeDevTools
Lets AI use Chrome’s developer tools to inspect pages, find what makes them slow and spot errors. Made by the Chrome DevTools team.
Runs on your computer★ 54,821Apache-2.0Updated 16 days ago
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MCP Server Browser
by bytedance
MCP server for browser use access
Runs on your computer★ 39,550Apache-2.0Updated 14 months ago
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README from the maker
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Argus — API and MCP reference
Documentation, the assistant skill briefs, and the MCP registry manifest for Argus, an anti-detect browser for managing hundreds of isolated browser profiles — each with its own fingerprint, proxy and cookie jar.
Which Argus this is. Argus is published by Simnetiq Ltd (UK company
number 16861177) at www.browserargus.com.
Other companies and software products share the name Argus and are unrelated
to this one.
This is a local API. It listens on loopback on the machine running Argus, and nothing off that machine can reach it. There is no hosted web API.
There is nothing here to install
The Argus MCP server ships inside the launcher's own application bundle and is started through it with ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE. There is no npm package, no npx command and nothing new listening: it speaks JSON-RPC over stdin and stdout to the client that launched it, and reaches the local API on your behalf.
For most clients the launcher writes the config file for you and shows you the path first. Two of them have no file it can write, and hand you a snippet instead. See Integrations and MCP setup.
This repository is the documentation for that server, not the server.
What is here
| Path | What it is |
|---|---|
docs/api-reference.md | All 130 endpoints and 143 tools — paths, fields, curl examples, status codes. |
docs/openapi.json | The same table as an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, for generating a client. |
docs/mcp-tools.md | The tool list an MCP client receives, and which endpoint each one fronts. |
skills/ | The briefs the in-app assistant runs on, as readable JSON. |
agents/ | Drop-in rules for your own CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md or .cursorrules. |
server.json | The MCP registry manifest. |
Quick start
- Download Argus and open the launcher.
- Mint a key in the API tab. It is shown once. Export it as
ARGYS_API_TOKEN— that is the name the launcher tells you to use and the one the MCP server reads from the environment. - Call it:
curl -s "http://127.0.0.1:39219/v1/profiles" \-H "Authorization: Bearer $ARGYS_API_TOKEN"
The first call from a new client raises an approve-or-deny card in the launcher and blocks until you answer it.
To drive it from a coding agent instead, connect an MCP client — Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, VS Code, Zed, OpenClaw, Hive and others are supported — and the 143 tools appear on their own.
About skills/
An Argus *skill* is the working brief the in-app assistant loads for one job: instructions, worked examples, a reference shelf, and the pack of tools it may reach.
Every brief in skills/ already ships inside Argus. They are published here to be read and to be adapted — not installed, because you already have them. Each file is in the shape POST /v1/skills/save accepts, so editing one and posting it creates *your own* custom skill:
curl -X POST "http://127.0.0.1:39219/v1/skills/save" \-H "Authorization: Bearer $ARGYS_API_TOKEN" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d @skills/proxies.json
skills/README.md is the roster: every brief, what it is for, and which pack of tools each one carries.
Note what the files deliberately omit:
- No `skillId`. Posting one without an id creates a new custom skill. Posting a *built-in's* id would instead write a local override of that built-in, which is not what a reader of this repo is asking for.
- No `entryTabs`. A custom skill can claim a tab from a built-in, and an installed copy silently displacing the shipped skill's tab suggestion is a surprise nobody asked for.
- `toolPack` only where one fits. A skill gets its tools by naming one of the packs Argus defines — naming individual tools is not possible by design, so that a skill document can never grant itself a capability the code does not already ship. Several briefs use a tool set that is not any one pack; their files carry no
toolPack, so posting one as-is gives a skill with documentation and navigation tools only. The brief is still the useful part.skills/README.mdmarks which is which, brief by brief.
Links
- Website: https://www.browserargus.com
- API reference: https://www.browserargus.com/api-reference
- Integrations and MCP setup: https://www.browserargus.com/integrations
- Everything as one file: https://www.browserargus.com/llms-full.txt
Licence
MIT — see LICENSE. The grant covers the contents of this repository: the generated documentation, the agent rules and the skill briefs. Argus itself — the launcher, the hardened browser and the MCP server — is proprietary and is not part of this repository.