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byob MCP Server

Name: wxtsky/byob
Rating: 3.1 (1 reviews)
Author: wxtsky

wxtsky/byob

Score: 52.5 Rank #14841 MCP Server

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Overview

wxtsky/byob is a JavaScript tool licensed under MIT. Bring Your Own Browser — let your AI agent use the Chrome you already have open Topics: ai-agent, browser-automation, bun, chrome-debugger, chrome-extension, claude-code, cursor, mcp, mcp-server, native-messaging, typescript, wxt.

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Ecosystem

JavaScript MIT

ai-agentbrowser-automationbunchrome-debuggerchrome-extensionclaude-codecursormcpmcp-servernative-messagingtypescriptwxt

Score Breakdown

Stars 15% 143

143 stars → growing community

Freshness 25% 21d ago

Last commit 21d ago → recently updated

Issue Health 25% 0%

0/2 issues closed → many open issues

Contributors 10% 2

2 contributors → solo project

Dependents 25% 0

No dependents → no downstream usage

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PyPI Downloads N/A

Forks 18

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License MIT

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Stars: 143
Forks: 18
Open Issues: 2
Closed Issues: 0
Contributors: 2
Dependents: —
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
Last Commit: 21d ago

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From the README

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# byob

**Bring Your Own Browser** — let your AI assistant use the Chrome you already have open.

   

**English** · [中文](README.zh-CN.md)

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byob is a local MCP server that lets AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Windsurf, etc.) directly control **your real Chrome** — the one where you're already logged into everything.

```
"read my Twitter timeline and summarize the top 5 posts"
"google 'mcp protocol spec', click the first result, read the page"
"take a screenshot of example.com"
"grab my GitHub session cookie so I can curl with it"
"open my Gmail tab and tell me how many unread"
"fill in this form with my details and submit it"
```

|  | WebFetch | Headless Puppeteer | **byob** |
|---|:-:|:-:|:-:|
| Sees logged-in pages | ❌ | ⚠️ manual cookie copy | ✅ already logged in |
| Passes bot detection | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ real human browser |
| Setup time | 0 | hours | **~5 min** |
| Cloud cost | free | $$ | free |

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