6 alternatives to phantomjs
ariya/phantomjs — Scriptable Headless Browser (29,427 stars, BSD-3-Clause, files, integration).
These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It also serves 51 licence-cleared components from ariya/phantomjs itself.
| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lexmount/moli | 4.7 | Apache-2.0 | 22,662 |
| 2 | melt-ui/melt-ui | 6.9 | MIT | 4,198 |
| 3 | jo-inc/camofox-browser | 6.6 | MIT | 12,139 |
| 4 | coderluii/holyclaude | 5.3 | MIT | 2,614 |
| 5 | microlinkhq/browserless | 4.8 | MIT | 1,843 |
| 6 | adi805/opencrabs-browser | 5.3 | Apache-2.0 | 0 |
The alternatives in detail
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Best headless browser for AI agents. Lite, Fast, High-Compatibility. Built in Rustscore 4.7/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 22,662 stars · 3,000 components · search them
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A set of headless, accessible component builders for Svelte.score 6.9/10 · MIT permissive · 4,198 stars · 198 components · search them
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Stealth headless browser for AI agents — bypass Cloudflare, bot detection, and anti-scraping. Drop-in Puppeteer/Playwright replacement.score 6.6/10 · MIT permissive · 12,139 stars · 70 components · search them
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AI coding workstation: Claude Code + web UI + 8 AI CLIs + headless browser + 50+ toolsscore 5.3/10 · MIT permissive · 2,614 stars · 29 components · search them
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The headless Chrome/Chromium driver on top of Puppeteer. Take screenshots, generate PDFs, extract text and HTML with a production-ready API.score 4.8/10 · MIT permissive · 1,843 stars · 83 components · search them
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CDP browser daemon for agents: one protocol endpoint, swappable engine behind it, memory budget enforced. Rust.score 5.3/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 0 stars · 62 components · search them
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