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chrome-devtools-mcp

ChromeDevTools

Official Chrome DevTools MCP server giving coding agents control of a real Chrome instance with DevTools-grade inspection.

43.0k stars(as of 2026-06-07)View on GitHub
Overview

What is chrome-devtools-mcp?

An MCP server from the Chrome DevTools team that gives coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex and more) control of a real, running Chrome instance via Puppeteer, plus DevTools-grade inspection: performance traces, network and console analysis, source-mapped stack traces and screenshots. Install with npx chrome-devtools-mcp@latest; it needs Google Chrome or Chrome for Testing.

Analysis

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Official Chrome DevTools team project with very high adoption (43k stars, ~2.76M weekly npm downloads, daily commits)
  • Gives agents real DevTools powers - performance traces and network/console inspection, not just click automation
  • Broad client support (Claude Code as CLI and plugin, Cursor, Copilot, Codex, Cline) and Apache-2.0 with no usage strings

Cons

  • By design it exposes all browser content to the MCP client, including potentially sensitive data - secure it deliberately
  • Telemetry is on by default (usage stats; performance tools can send trace URLs to Google's CrUX API) - opt out with flags
  • Officially only Google Chrome / Chrome for Testing; other Chromium browsers are not guaranteed. 'Reliable automation' is the project's claim, not an independent benchmark
License

License

Apache-2.0 (OSI-open)

When it is interesting

Giving a coding agent real browser debugging and performance insight.

When it is too early

Sensitive environments where exposing browser content to an external client is unacceptable without hardening.

This repo featured in the 2026-06 edition of the Open-Source AI Radar.

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