Browser Use vs Invisible Dots: 2026 comparison

Browser Use and Invisible Dots in brief

Browser Use and Invisible Dots both automate web interactions, but they start from different technical foundations. Browser Use is a Python library for building agents, with an additional offering of hosted browsers and APIs. Invisible Dots is a self hosted TypeScript agent using Playwright and a modified browser. Both projects publish their code under the MIT license. Your decision depends partly on your development environment and how much documented information you need about interfaces and supported models before integration.

Browser Use : A Python library for building web browser agents, accompanied by hosted browsers and a cloud agent API.

Invisible Dots : Invisible Dots is a self-hosted agent that automates web interactions using Playwright and a modified browser environment.

Both meet the same need, which makes the comparison useful. We compare them on 11 verifiable criteria, using the same data as their profiles, collected from official sites and GitHub.

Comparison table

Criterion by criterion

For each criterion: why it matters, each one's value and who has the edge. A criterion without data on both sides is not decided.

Popularity (GitHub stars)

Stars measure developer interest; a widely followed project has more tutorials, integrations and answers. Browser Use : 119K. Invisible Dots : 32.2K. Edge: Browser Use.

Activity over a year

Commits over 52 weeks show whether the project moves fast, fixes bugs and keeps up with new models. Browser Use : 3,247 commits. Invisible Dots : 358 commits. Edge: Browser Use.

Releases (6 months)

Regular releases signal a project that ships; very frequent releases can also mean frequent updates on your side. Browser Use : 17. Invisible Dots : 19. Edge: Invisible Dots.

Last commit

A repository with no commit for months may fall behind new APIs and security fixes. Browser Use : October 22, 2026. Invisible Dots : October 15, 2026. Edge: Browser Use.

License

A clear open-source license (MIT, Apache…) allows commercial use and modification; without one, usage rights are unclear. Browser Use : MIT. Invisible Dots : MIT. A tie on this point.

Self-hosting

Running the agent on your machine or server keeps your files and keys with you. Browser Use : yes. Invisible Dots : yes. A tie on this point.

Supported models

An agent that accepts several model families lets you pick the best value, or a local model. Browser Use : 5. Invisible Dots : not disclosed. Cannot be decided: data missing on one side.

Interfaces

Terminal, code editor, web app or chat: more interfaces mean more ways to fit it into your work. Browser Use : 2. Invisible Dots : not disclosed. Cannot be decided: data missing on one side.

Risk level

Our risk level considers the access granted (terminal, files, network) and default human approval. Browser Use : low. Invisible Dots : moderate. Edge: Browser Use.

Community (forks)

Forks count developers who copied the project to adapt it: a sign of a living ecosystem. Browser Use : 13.2K. Invisible Dots : 4.7K. Edge: Browser Use.

Track record

An older project has had time to fix early flaws; a recent one often brings the latest ideas. Browser Use : October 2024. Invisible Dots : August 2024. Edge: Invisible Dots.

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Our analysis

Browser Use describes a library for building browsing agents in Python. Its listed interfaces are a SDK and an API, and its model options include Claude, GPT, Gemini, local models and multiple model configurations. Invisible Dots, developed by feder-cr, is described as an agent that automates web interactions using Playwright and a modified browser. Its main language is TypeScript. No interfaces or models are listed in its record. Those omissions do not prove such options are absent, but they narrow what can be compared. Browser Use documents integration entry points, while Invisible Dots chiefly identifies its technical foundations.

Browser Use has 119,041 GitHub stars, 13,222 forks and 3,247 commits over twelve months. It records 17 releases over six months and a latest commit on October 22, 2026. Invisible Dots has 32,222 stars, 4,729 forks and 358 commits over twelve months, with 19 releases over six months and a latest commit on October 15. Invisible Dots was created on August 4, 2024, and Browser Use on October 31, 2024. Their scores of 92 and 78 out of 100 concern popularity, activity and framework. Release totals and community size do not establish better execution quality or greater reliability.

Both projects use the MIT license and support self hosting. This gives you access to their code and a route to deployment on your infrastructure, without documenting the data flows of every configuration. Browser Use also offers hosted browsers and APIs. Human validation is unspecified for both projects. The supplied risk level is low for Browser Use and medium for Invisible Dots, with web access given as the reason for the latter. These classifications are not complete comparative security assessments. Browser Use’s empty access list should also not be interpreted as proof that a browsing agent has no browser access.

Browser Use supplies SDK and API entry points for Python projects, together with identified model options. Its integration scope is therefore more explicit in the supplied records. Invisible Dots may fit a TypeScript environment built around Playwright and a modified browser, but its interfaces are not detailed. Pricing is unpublished for both projects. Open licensing alone does not establish runtime costs or the cost of any services a deployment might require. Human control arrangements are also undocumented. Practical selection should therefore consider your programming environment, the integrations actually described and the remaining information needed to define your particular deployment.

Depending on your situation

The right choice depends on use. For a few common situations, here are the criteria that matter and who wins (Browser Use value / Invisible Dots value).

Trying it out quickly

Here, Browser Use has the edge: it wins 1 of the 3 criteria that matter in this situation, namely interfaces (2 / not disclosed), supported models (5 / not disclosed), and popularity (github stars) (119K / 32.2K).

Production use

Here, Browser Use has the edge: it wins 2 of the 4 criteria that matter in this situation, namely activity over a year (3,247 commits / 358 commits), last commit (October 22, 2026 / October 15, 2026), license (MIT / MIT), and releases (6 months) (17 / 19).

Security and control

Here, Browser Use has the edge: it wins 1 of the 2 criteria that matter in this situation, namely risk level (low / moderate) and self-hosting (yes / yes).

Which one to choose?

Choose Browser Use if…

• you value popularity (github stars) (119K)
• you value activity over a year (3,247 commits)
• you value last commit (October 22, 2026)
• you value risk level (low)
• you value community (forks) (13.2K)

Browser Use fits a Python project that needs identified SDK and API interfaces, alongside documented model families. Its larger community and activity figures may inform your assessment, but do not prove higher quality. You can examine self hosting or the hosted offering as separate deployment routes. Neither pricing nor detailed human validation arrangements are supplied for those choices.

Choose Invisible Dots if…

• you value releases (6 months) (19)
• you value track record (August 2024)

Invisible Dots makes sense for a project centered on TypeScript, Playwright and a modified browser for web interactions. MIT licensing and self hosting are documented. Its 19 releases over six months show recent publication activity without measuring release quality. You would need to clarify the available interfaces and usable models, since neither is specified in the supplied record.

Strengths and limits of each

Browser Use

• + Widely followed: 119K stars
• + Very active development
• + Frequent releases (30 in a year)
• − Requires programming skills

Invisible Dots

• + Widely followed: 32.2K stars
• + Very active development
• + Frequent releases (19 in a year)

The best test is still yours: take three real tasks from your day and give them to both for a week. Our “Which AI agent?” quiz can also guide you.

What about the others?

If neither suits you, look at Stagehand, Skyvern, BrowserOS, OpenCLI, CloakBrowser, and Moli.

Related comparisons:

• Browser Use vs Browser Use WebUI
• Browser Use vs CloakBrowser
• CloakBrowser vs Invisible Dots

Conclusion

Browser Use provides a more explicit integration outline through Python, SDK and API interfaces, and identified model families. Invisible Dots offers a different foundation using TypeScript, Playwright and a modified browser. Both are open source and support self hosting. Choose according to your technical environment and the information your project requires. Their scores and activity statistics describe project presence and framework, without establishing which will perform your web tasks better.