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Browserless vs Lightpanda
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Browserless | Lightpanda |
|---|---|---|
| Language | TypeScript | Zig |
| Licence | Other | AGPL-3.0 |
| Stars | 14k | 42k |
| Latest | v2.62.0 | 1.0.3 |
| Last push | 2026-11-11 | 2026-11-12 |
| Release cadence | about 2 days between releases | about 13 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 7 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 18+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | Unusual star burst |
How they relate
Both replace Browserbase. Alternatives to Browserbase →
Full replacementBrowserlessHeadless Chrome behind Puppeteer and Playwright endpoints, with sessions and a debugger, in a container you run.
PartialLightpandaHeadless browser built for automation that speaks CDP to Puppeteer and Playwright; not a hosted session service.
Browserless
- v2.62.02026-11-10let routes declare whether they target an existing browser (#5671) (2cc98ef)
- v2.61.02026-11-09add worker admission and ordered shutdown (#5667) (873ed5d)
- v2.60.02026-11-06support Playwright 1.65 and npm 11.21.2 (#5664) (2621416)
- v2.59.02026-11-04pass connection requests to context admission policies (#5657) (087373b)
- v2.58.32026-11-03reset stale debugger localStorage settings when a valid token is provided (#5585) (a517801)
Lightpanda
- 1.0.4-rc12026-11-11pre-release
- 1.0.32026-11-05serve: the --http-max-concurrent default now follows --cdp-max-connections (8× it, between 40 and 256). With the defaul…
- 1.0.22026-10-23JS page errors now log under a new page_error scope at WARN (silence with --log-filter).
- 1.0.12026-10-15setImmediate and clearImmediate were removed (deprecated, not part of the web platform).
- 1.0.02026-10-02getComputedStyle results are now read-only.
Browserless
✓ signed The latest release, v2.62.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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Lightpanda
✓ signed The latest release, 1.0.3, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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