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Nanobrowser vs Magentic-UI: catalog facts
NanobrowserMagentic-UI
Free

Free and open source; you pay your chosen LLM provider for API usage.

Free

Free and open source; model usage may cost money depending on the provider you configure.

Browser extension Self-hosted
  • Runs inside your own browser
  • Bring your own LLM API key
  • Agent works across both the browser and local files
  • Designed to run with smaller models
  • Needs a paid API key from a model provider
  • Chrome-focused
  • Experimental research project
  • Requires setting up Python and a model configuration
Browser extension Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License not stated License: MIT
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 26, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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