Puppeteer
A Node.js library by Google that controls Chrome and Chromium through the DevTools Protocol, popular for scraping JavaScript-rendered pages and automating Chrome tasks.
Full Definition
Puppeteer is a Node.js library maintained by Google's Chrome team that provides a high-level API for controlling Chrome or Chromium via the Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP). It can run in headless or headed mode, navigate pages, interact with elements, capture screenshots and PDFs, intercept network requests, and emulate devices. Puppeteer was the dominant browser automation tool before Playwright emerged; it still has a large ecosystem and is widely used. Puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth is a popular community plugin that patches Puppeteer-driven Chrome to pass headless browser detection tests.
