Steel Browser Open Source API for AI Agent Web Automation

Steel Browser is an open-source browser API that provides a batteries-included browser sandbox for AI agents and applications. It handles session management, proxy rotation, anti-detection, and Chrome extension loading so developers can focus on their AI application logic.

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

• docker run -p 3000:3000 -p 9223:9223 ghcr.io/steel-dev/steel-browser
• docker compose up
• docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up
• docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up --build

Requirements and caveats from upstream:

• | Pre-built Docker Image (combined API + UI) | [](https://github.com/...

• Docker

• The simplest way to deploy/run a Steel browser instance locally is to run the pre-built Docker image:

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• 🛠️ Getting Started

• The easiest way to get started with Steel is by creating a Steel Cloud account. Otherwise, you can deploy this Steel browser instance to a cloud provider or run it locally.

• You can now create sessions, scrape pages, take screenshots, and more. Jump to the Usage section for some quick examples on how you can do that.

• Source: https://github.com/steel-dev/steel-browser

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/steel-dev/steel-browser/HEAD/README.md

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange