# Browser Use gives agents hosted browsers, browser-driving APIs and an open-source runtime

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Author: Ali Abouelatta (https://thelazyweb.com/authors/ali-abouelatta/)
Published: 2026-09-19
Updated: 2026-09-19
Research type: Company profile
Method: Company and accelerator sources checked 2026-09-19. Product claims are attributed to their sources; this is research, not a hands-on product trial.

Browser Use is for teams that need an agent to operate websites or a developer-controlled remote browser, especially when a normal API is unavailable. Its split between hosted agents, browser infrastructure and an open-source library makes the first decision architectural: who drives the browser, and where does the session run?

## What it does

The current site offers Browser Use Agents that take a task and return a result, plus Browser Infrastructure that gives a customer’s own agent a remote browser. The docs show both paths through API V4, with a hosted agent or a CDP connection from Playwright or Puppeteer. [Browser Use quickstart](https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/quickstart)

The open-source project remains a meaningful advantage for builders who want to run locally or customize the agent. The homepage says it is MIT licensed and advertises more than 115,000 GitHub stars and 18.8 million monthly downloads; those are

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