rebrowser-playwright
A high-level API to automate web browsers
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you need bot-detection evasion for legitimate automation tasks. The permissive license and drop-in API compatibility make adoption low-risk. However, the aging maintenance status (462 days since release) and small community (102 stars) mean you should verify that the patches still work against current detection systems before relying on it for production. No known security vulnerabilities.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.9 or later; native browser binaries (Chromium, Firefox, WebKit) are downloaded on first use and consume significant disk space.
- Medium install friction due to platform-specific wheels and native browser binaries.
- Package is aging (462 days since last release) but repository remains active with recent commits; maintenance signal is mixed.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, though you must retain license notices and provide a copy of the license.
last release 2025-05-09 (462 days) · last repo commit 2025-05-09 · 102 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 94,911 downloads/mo, #13,299 on PyPI
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pip install rebrowser-playwright
from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright
with sync_playwright() as p:
browser = p.chromium.launch()
page = browser.new_page()
page.goto('http://example.com')
browser.close()- Specific bot-detection tests passed or detection evasion success rate compared to unpatched Playwright
- Performance overhead of rebrowser patches relative to standard Playwright
- Compatibility guarantees with upstream Playwright API changes beyond version matching
What it is and what it does
rebrowser-playwright is a fork of the official Playwright Python library that applies patches designed to help browser automation scripts evade bot-detection systems. It maintains API compatibility with the original Playwright, supporting automation of Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit across Linux, macOS, and Windows. The package is intended as a drop-in replacement, meaning you can swap it in without rewriting your code.
The core purpose is to modify browser behavior and headers to appear less like automated tools and more like genuine user activity. It depends on pyee for event handling and greenlet for concurrency support. The package is maintained separately from the official Playwright but tracks its major and minor versions, so version 1.52.0 corresponds to Playwright 1.52.x with additional anti-detection patches applied.
Use it for
- Web scraping sites with bot-detection protections that block standard Playwright
- Automated testing of web applications that check for automation signatures
- Gathering data from sites that serve different content to detected bots
- Headless browser testing where stealth against detection systems is required
- Automation workflows where detection would trigger CAPTCHAs or IP blocks
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page. Verify before relying on it.
Yes, if you need bot-detection evasion for legitimate automation tasks.
The permissive license and drop-in API compatibility make adoption low-risk. However, the aging maintenance status (462 days since release) and small community (102 stars) mean you should verify that the patches still work against current detection systems before relying on it for production. No known security vulnerabilities.
Install
rebrowser-playwright on PyPI
Before you install
Medium install friction due to platform-specific wheels and native browser binaries. Package is aging (462 days since last release) but repository remains active with recent commits; maintenance signal is mixed.
Requires Python 3.9 or later; native browser binaries (Chromium, Firefox, WebKit) are downloaded on first use and consume significant disk space.
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, though you must retain license notices and provide a copy of the license.
Quickstart
pip install rebrowser-playwright
from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright
with sync_playwright() as p:
browser = p.chromium.launch()
page = browser.new_page()
page.goto('http://example.com')
browser.close()Verify before relying
- Specific bot-detection tests passed or detection evasion success rate compared to unpatched Playwright
- Performance overhead of rebrowser patches relative to standard Playwright
- Compatibility guarantees with upstream Playwright API changes beyond version matching
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.9 |
| Install friction | Medium. Platform-specific wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 2 packagespyeegreenlet |
| Maintenance | Aging 462 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 94,911 / month, #13,299 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Intended Audience :: DevelopersOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: BrowsersTopic :: Software Development :: Testing |
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