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browserbase

Browse the web, deploy automations, and manage browser sessions from the terminal

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Description

The official Browserbase CLI for managing cloud browser infrastructure from the terminal. Browse the web, deploy serverless automations, debug sessions, and manage projects. Features remote browser sessions with anti-bot stealth, CAPTCHA solving, and residential proxies across 201 countries. Includes fetch and search APIs, serverless function deployment, and session persistence with context management.

Install

npmnpm install -g @browserbasehq/cli

AI Summary

Official Browserbase CLI — manage cloud browser sessions, deploy serverless automations, fetch pages, search the web, and debug sessions from the terminal.

Capabilities

  • + Browse the web via remote cloud browsers
  • + Deploy serverless browser automation functions
  • + Fetch page content without opening a browser
  • + Web search returning structured results
  • + Manage browser sessions with anti-bot stealth and CAPTCHA solving
  • + Residential proxies across 201 countries
  • + Session persistence with context management (cookies, localStorage)
  • + Upload and manage custom browser extensions
  • + JSON output for programmatic use

Use When

  • → You need cloud browser sessions for web automation
  • → You want to deploy serverless browser functions
  • → You need to fetch or scrape pages with bot protection bypass
  • → You need web search results from the terminal

Avoid When

  • x You don't have a Browserbase account or API key
  • x You only need simple HTTP requests (use curl)

Usage Patterns

Fetch a page

bb fetch https://example.com

Retrieve page content as text

Search the web

bb search "best CLI tools" --json

Web search with JSON output

Deploy a function

bb functions deploy

Deploy a serverless browser automation to the cloud

List sessions

bb sessions list

View active and recent browser sessions

Input / Output

stdout: Page content, search results, session data, JSON output

Typical Pipelines

bb fetch URL | jq .
bb search query --json | jq '.results[].url'

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