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
| CloakBrowser | Stagehand | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 31.9k | 25.5k |
| Star velocity /mo | 480 | 300 |
| Commits (90d) | 96 | 189 |
| Releases (6m) | 10 | 10 |
| Downloads (30d, npm + PyPI) | 1.2M | 1.1M |
| Overall score | 0.7286318137016723 | 0.7368322331963058 |
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.