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Project Overview

Lightpanda is a headless browser built from scratch for AI agents and automation. Written in Zig, not a Chromium fork or WebKit patch.

Key Features

• Headless browser designed for AI and automation
• Built from scratch in Zig
• Memory efficient: 123MB for 100 pages (vs ~2GB in Chrome)
• Fast execution: 5s for 100 pages (vs ~46s in Chrome)
• CDP protocol support

Target Audience

• AI agent developers
• Web automation engineers
• Developers needing high-performance crawling

Quick Start

1. Install via Homebrew: brew install lightpanda-io/browser/lightpanda
2. Or download from nightly builds
3. Use Docker: docker run -d --name lightpanda -p 127.0.0.1:9222:9222 lightpanda/browser:nightly
4. Start CDP service: ./lightpanda

Core Advantages

• ~9x faster than Headless Chrome
• Memory usage ~1/16 of Chrome
• Built from scratch with no Chromium baggage
• Open-source and free

System Requirements

• OS: Linux, macOS (Windows via WSL2)
• Architectures: x86_64, aarch64
• Additional Dependencies: None (Linux requires glibc)

Notes

• Windows requires WSL2
• Linux musl distributions (Alpine) are not supported; use glibc-based images