CloakBrowser vs Stagehand

Side-by-side comparison of two AI agent tools

Short answer

  • CloakBrowser is growing faster: +480 GitHub stars in the last 30 days vs +300 for Stagehand.
  • CloakBrowser is freemium; Stagehand is open-source.
  • Pick CloakBrowser for: stealth Chromium that passes every bot detection test. Pick Stagehand for: the SDK to extract data and interact with any site on the web.

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CloakBrowserfreemium

Stealth Chromium that passes every bot detection test. Drop-in Playwright replacement with source-level fingerprint patches. 30/30 tests passed.

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Stagehandopen-source

The SDK to extract data and interact with any site on the web. Get started with Claude Code, Codex, Eve, Mastra, and more.

Metrics

CloakBrowserStagehand
Stars31.9k25.5k
Star velocity /mo480300
Commits (90d)96189
Releases (6m)1010
Downloads (30d, npm + PyPI)1.2M1.1M
Overall score0.72863181370167230.7368322331963058

FAQ

Which is more popular, CloakBrowser or Stagehand?
CloakBrowser has more GitHub stars (31,869 vs 25,522).
Which is more actively developed, CloakBrowser or Stagehand?
Stagehand had more commits in the last 90 days (189 vs 96).
Should I use CloakBrowser or Stagehand?
Compare their capabilities, limitations and "best for" notes above. Trying each on a small task is the fastest way to decide.