browser

GitHub Repo Pretty sure · shipping code, real tradeoffs

https://github.com/lightpanda-io/browser

A from-scratch headless browser in Zig that actually runs real websites and beats Chromium on memory/speed. Still beta, but the benchmarks aren't marketing theater—they're measured against the hardest comparison.

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Signal: Built from scratch in Zig, not a wrapper. Renders 933 real pages. 16x less memory than Headless Chrome on the stated benchmark. CDP server + Puppeteer compat means it works with existing tooling today. MCP integration is real. Beta status is honest. Slop: 'AI agents and automation' tagline is marketing (browser doesn't care who uses it). Telemetry on by default (disabled via env var, but why default-on?). CORS still unimplemented, which breaks real web crawling. Science: No novel rese...

18203 stars Zig 2026-03-15 1132 days old

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