Playwright MCP alternatives (2026)

Playwright MCP is a browser/computer use tool: Microsoft's MCP server giving agents browser control via Playwright. Pricing, as the maker states it: Open source. Its GitHub repo has 38,115 stars. We found 61 tools in the directory that do overlapping work (browsing the web, connecting tools with MCP, building MCP servers); 43 of them are open source and 6 list a free or freemium plan. Below are the 10 closest, ranked by how many tasks and sub-tasks they share with Playwright MCP, then by GitHub stars.

1. Scrapling (Open source): Python web-scraping framework with fast HTTP requests, stealth browsers, adaptive parsing and concurrent crawling, plus an MCP server for agents. Consider it because it also covers scraping and crawling and agent frameworks and SDKs; it has more GitHub stars (88,372 vs 38,115).
2. Chrome DevTools MCP (Open source): Official MCP server that lets coding agents control and inspect a live Chrome browser through DevTools for debugging and performance work. Consider it because it has more GitHub stars (53,681 vs 38,115).
3. Ui.Vision RPA (Open source): Browser and desktop automation extension with OCR and image recognition, plus an MCP server so AI agents can create and run macros. Consider it because it is ready to use without building anything; it also covers computer and desktop control and images and design.
4. Anchor Action Index (Freemium): Shared memory of web workflows for Anchor's cloud browsers: computer-use agents replay proven paths as deterministic code and the model only steps in where a page has changed, exposed as tools on Anchor's MCP server and REST API. Consider it because it also covers memory and computer and desktop control.
5. Mobile MCP (Open source): MCP server that lets agents automate iOS and Android apps on simulators, emulators and real devices through one platform-agnostic interface. Consider it because it also covers mobile and remote control.
6. Windows-MCP (Open source): Lightweight MCP server for computer use on Windows that lets agents navigate files, control apps and interact with the UI. Consider it because it also covers computer and desktop control.
7. Peekaboo (Open source): macOS CLI, menu-bar app and MCP server for screen capture, accessibility inspection and native UI automation by AI agents. Consider it because it also covers computer and desktop control and terminal and CLI agents.
8. webclaw (Open source + cloud): Rust web extraction tool that turns sites into clean Markdown or JSON for agents, as a CLI, MCP server and REST API, with a hosted API. Consider it because it also covers scraping and crawling and terminal and CLI agents.
9. Firefox DevTools MCP (See site): Mozilla's MCP server that lets AI agents browse with Firefox and inspect pages with its developer tools over WebDriver BiDi. Consider it because it does the same job with a different approach (see site).
10. Playwriter (Open source): Chrome extension and CLI or MCP that lets agents control your own logged-in browser by running Playwright snippets. Consider it because it also covers terminal and CLI agents.

Playwright MCP vs alternatives at a glance

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Alternatives are picked from directory data only: same category plus shared tasks and sub-tasks. Pricing is as each maker states it; GitHub stars as recorded on each listing.