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Open-source agentic browser that runs local AI agents in your browsing workflow.

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BrowserOS is a privacy-first, open-source agentic browser for running AI assistants locally inside real browsing sessions instead of handing every task to a remote cloud browser.

BrowserOS is an open-source agentic browser that brings AI assistants directly into the browsing environment. Instead of sending every web task to a remote browser service, it focuses on local, privacy-first automation inside a user-controlled browser workflow.

The project is positioned as an alternative to AI-first browsers such as Perplexity Comet, Dia, and ChatGPT Atlas. Its GitHub repository describes the product as an open-source agentic browser, and the official site emphasizes local agents, privacy, and Chrome-style browsing with AI superpowers.

For developers and technical teams, BrowserOS fills the gap between browser automation frameworks and end-user AI browsers. Browser Use, Playwright, Page Agent, and BrowserMCP are strong automation building blocks, while BrowserOS is closer to a daily browser product for research, form filling, tab work, and logged-in web workflows.

The software is distributed under the AGPL-3.0 license. Model costs and privacy characteristics depend on the user’s local model or API-key configuration, so teams should still review provider settings, extension permissions, and internal browser policy before using it with sensitive accounts.

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Free and open source; model usage depends on the user’s local model or API-key setup.

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Desktop browser, local AI agents, BYOK/local model workflows

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