Steel
An open-source browser API for running and controlling cloud browser sessions from AI agents.
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About Steel
Steel is browser infrastructure for AI agents. Developers use its API and SDK to start and control browser sessions, including fleets of browsers in the cloud, so an agent can navigate sites and complete web tasks such as searching for flights.
The browser API is open source in the steel-browser repository and can be run yourself, while Steel also offers a hosted service with a dashboard. It is aimed at developers building agents and web automation.
Strengths
- Open-source browser API that can be self-hosted
- Controls many cloud browser sessions at once
- SDK and documentation aimed at agent builders
Limitations
- Developer tool that requires programming
- Scaling in the cloud relies on the hosted service
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumHosted service can be started for free; the open-source browser API is free to run.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- Steel
- Platforms
- Web, Self-hosted
- How it runs
- Self-hosted, Hosted service
- Best suited for
- Developers giving AI agents a browser to work in
- Categories
- Automation, AI agents, AI developer tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Sources
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Open source framework that lets AI agents control a web browser.
Browser Use is an MIT-licensed framework that lets AI agents control a browser on Windows, macOS and Linux, requiring your own LLM API access instead of a hosted browser session service.
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