According to AlphaMoat, as of 2026-09, the Chrome extension BrowserMCP has 114 users (+90% MoM) — ranked #3,998 of 9,324 AI browser extensions, and #240 of 601 in Programming.
What is BrowserMCP
Turn Chrome into an MCP server. AI agents control your browser: navigate, click, type, screenshot. Zero setup. BrowserMCP — AI Browser Control via MCP
Give AI agents control over your browser.
BrowserMCP turns Chrome into an MCP server (Model Context Protocol). Connect AI agents like Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client directly to your browser — no npm, no bridge process, no dependencies.
How it works: 1. Install extension — Load unpacked in chrome://extensions/ 2. Start relay — python3 relay.py (Python 3 is pre-installed on macOS/Linux) 3. Connect AI agent — Add MCP config, done 4. Click Start — BrowserMCP icon → Start
35 MCP Tools:
Core: navigate, screenshot, get_dom, click, type_text, extract_text, scroll, get_tabs, switch_tab, close_tab, evaluate, get_page_info, fill_form, wait, press_key, get_links
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Advanced: start_recording, stop_recording, playback, detect_forms, auto_fill_form, create_tab, batch_execute, get_console_logs, get_network_requests
Pro (requires license): highlight, wait_for_element, get_interactive_elements, click_by_id, type_by_id, click_text, hover, drag_and_drop, handle_dialog, get_markdown
Why BrowserMCP?
- Zero-Setup — No npm, no Node.js, no pip. Just python3 relay.py
- Your real session — Uses your logged-in tabs, not a clean browser
- 100% local — All processing on your machine. No telemetry, no analytics, no cloud
- Minimal & fast — ~26KB extension + 13KB relay. No 300MB+ browser binaries
- Open standard — Built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Recording/Playback — Record browser actions and replay them
- Batch Execute — Run multiple tool calls in a single request
- Network Capture — Monitor all network requests in real-time
- Markdown Export — Convert any page to clean structured Markdown
Privacy:
BrowserMCP transfers no data to external servers. The relay listens exclusively on localhost. All browser interaction happens locally via WebSocket on 127.0.0.1. No telemetry, no tracking, no analytics.
Requirements:
- Google Chrome (or Chromium-based browser with Manifest V3 support)
- Python 3.x (pre-installed on macOS/Linux; Windows: small download)
- An MCP-capable AI client (Cursor, Claude Desktop, Hermes, etc.)
Configuration:
Add this to your MCP client config: { "mcpServers": { "browser-mcp": { "command": "python3", "args": ["path/to/relay.py"] } } }
License: MIT — Open Source
GitHub: https://github.com/Tabtii/browser-mcp MCP Protocol: https://modelcontextprotocol.io
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Data month: 2026-09 · User counts and ratings come from public Chrome Web Store data, aggregated monthly. See methodology.