---
name: "Run stealth Chromium browser automation with CloakBrowser"
slug: "run-stealth-chromium-browser-automation-with-cloakbrowser"
description: "Use CloakBrowser as a supervised Playwright/Puppeteer-compatible browser runtime for high-friction browser automation and anti-bot test environments."
github_stars: 10239
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/CloakHQ/CloakBrowser"
author: "CloakHQ"
publisher_type: "open_source_project"
category: "Browser Automation"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "CloakHQ/CloakBrowser"
  github_stars: 10239
  npm_package: "cloakbrowser"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 0
---

# Run stealth Chromium browser automation with CloakBrowser

Use CloakBrowser as a supervised Playwright/Puppeteer-compatible browser runtime for high-friction browser automation and anti-bot test environments.

## Prerequisites

Python or Node.js, CloakBrowser package, Playwright/Puppeteer-compatible automation script, optional Docker/proxy configuration

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- docker run --rm cloakhq/cloakbrowser cloaktest
- pip install cloakbrowser
- npm install cloakbrowser playwright-core
- npm install cloakbrowser puppeteer-core

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/cloakhq/cloakbrowser"><img src="https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/cloakhq/cloakbrowser?label=docker&logo=docker&logoColor=white" alt="Docker Pulls"></a>
- Drop-in Playwright/Puppeteer replacement for Python and JavaScript.<br>
- **Python:**

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- **Free and open source** — no subscriptions, no usage limits
- bash
- # With Playwright

- Source: https://github.com/CloakHQ/CloakBrowser
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CloakHQ/CloakBrowser/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://cloakbrowser.dev/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/run-stealth-chromium-browser-automation-with-cloakbrowser/)