I will have to take a look at it
A Rust dev just killed Headless Chrome.
It's called Obscura. The open-source headless browser purpose-built for AI agents and scrapers at scale.
Chrome vs Obscura:
- Memory: 200MB โ 30MB
- Binary: 300MB โ 70MB
- Page load: 500ms โ 85ms
- Startup: 2s โ Instant
- Anti-detect: None โ Built-in
Single binary. No Node, no Chrome, no dependencies.
Stealth mode is brutal:
โ Per-session fingerprint randomization (GPU, canvas, audio, battery)
โ 3,520 tracker domains blocked by default
โ navigator.webdriver masked to match real Chrome
โ Native function masking so detectors can't sniff it out
Drop-in replacement for Puppeteer and Playwright over CDP. Zero code changes.
If you run agents or serious scraping at scale, this repo prints money.
100% Opensource.