AI assistants, chat and model tools
AI browser automation extensions
Chrome extensions, browsers and MCP bridges that let AI agents or users automate, inspect and debug web pages, plus tools that generate custom extensions from natural language.
Built for: Developers and power users of Chrome
Projects since May 04
265
Different builders
246
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
+13%
AI is the core
27%
Projects per week
Mostly browser extension (48%), developer tool or library (24%), web app (13%) · from r/chrome_extensions, r/SideProject, r/vibecoding, r/SaaS
Latest
- BrowseAnything — Runs AI-driven browser tasks from a Chrome side panel, navigating sites, filling forms and collecting information across tabs.“I built a Chrome extension that actually does browser tasks and creates slides, local apps, and games”
- Provides a Python scraper template that handles retries, user-agent rotation, proxy configuration and rate-limit responses.“Built a production-ready Python web scraper template with built-in proxy & rate-limit handling (Open-source on GitHub)”
- Python Automation Starter Kits — Packages reusable Python boilerplate for scrapers, Telegram bots, Tkinter UIs, FastAPI scraping APIs and RSS broadcasting into starter kits sold as a bundle.“I built a suite of 5 production-ready Python automation starter kits (Web Scraping, Telegram Bots, FastAPI REST, Tkinter UI)”
- QA Bug → Regression Test — Records browser bug reproduction steps in a Chrome side panel and exports a Markdown report and a Playwright TypeScript test draft.“QA Bug → Regression Test: my Chrome side-panel extension for bug reports and Playwright drafts”
- Provides an unnamed Chrome extension that users install from the browser store, with a free daily allowance and paid plans.“I've built and abandoned a bunch of tools. This time I just... waited. Here's what happened.”
- InTab — Bundles many browser utilities into one extension, including an AI writer, YouTube summaries with ad skipping, tab management, screenshots, image tools, developer tools, and bookmarks.“AI killed My Niche SaaS. I'm Admitting, Pivoting But Never Giving Up!”
- IronBee Express — Runs plain-English browser tasks in a real browser and checks the result against page and API responses.“We built a fast browser agent powered by Jev, with deep reasoning when needed”
- BugReels — Analyzes frontend session replays with an AI agent to detect subtle bugs such as stale data, missing translations, and UI shown before data loads.“I made an observability tool that automatically catches bugs from session replays”
- Lets users control a Chrome browser with natural language and voice to search sites, click, fill forms, and return results.“I'm a solo dev building a voice-controlled AI that can use your browser”
- Shows a browser extension's functionality in a video, with the details not given in the post.“What do you think about this video? What would you improve there and do you understand what is it about by watching it (extension functionality)?”
- Pangolin Browser — Provides a mobile web browser aimed at developers.“Pangolin Browser - for developers”
- TRAWL — Fetches web pages for apps and AI agents by trying plain HTTP first and escalating to a browser to get past JavaScript and bot challenges.“I built TRAWL, a fast self-hosted scraper for apps and AI agents”
- riru — Runs browser tasks automatically in Chrome from a user's natural-language instruction.“Built a Claude in Chrome alternative that’s faster and cheaper”
- Nabsun — Runs an AI assistant in a browser side panel that reads open tabs and clicks, types, and fills forms with user approval for state-changing actions.“Nabsun - an open-source Chromium browser with a built-in AI assistant that can click, type, and fill in forms for you (local model included, MIT licensed)”
- Builds a custom web browser as a personal project.“I’m 16 and I’m making my own browser”
- Generates Chrome browser extensions with an AI system.“Estoy construyendo una IA capaz de crear extensiones de Chrome”
- WebBrain — Automates multi-step web tasks like clicking, form filling and downloads inside the user's existing browser session using an AI agent.“WebBrain: Open-source AI browser agent extension”
- Store Listing Publisher — Uploads and submits browser extension packages and fills localized store listings from local marketing assets across Chrome Web Store, Edge Add-ons and AMO.“Store Listing Publisher - open-source tools for extension devs”
- PawBrowse — Lets an AI coding agent read and click the user's logged-in Chrome tabs through a compact table of page elements instead of screenshots.“PawBrowse - Browser automation for AI agents that's ~2x faster (reads the page as a table, not screenshots) - open source”
- LocaleStress — Pseudo-localizes and mirrors the current browser tab to flag likely text overflow and clipping, and exports a JSON report.“LocaleStress: one-click pseudo-localization and RTL overflow checks on the current tab”
Most discussed
- Adds a browser extension for developers; the post does not say what it does.“I just got my first paying customer. ❤️”
- Inspect Mode Pro — Enhances web page inspection in Chrome to make working with web pages faster.“Giving Away My Chrome Extension "Inspect Mode Pro" for Free (Lifetime Access)”
- ToolPalace — Provides 25 free browser-based tools that run entirely on the user's device.“I quietly launched a free tools site 2 months ago – here's what actually happened”
- Robomonkey — Lets users build browser extensions with AI, generating and automating extension code from their descriptions.“My extension reached 3,000 active users and 1600$ total revenue”
- Adds a paid lifetime option to a free Chrome extension.“I almost didn’t add payments… kinda glad I did now”
- PlugThis — Generates a working Chrome extension from a plain English description, including store listing text, permission justifications, privacy policy, and promo images.“Was #1 on Product Hunt for 18 hours, lost it in the final 5. Two weeks later: 660 users, ~50 paying. Here is everything that worked.”
- Provides free developer tools in a Chrome extension, with optional signed-in sync features.“Woohoo! I got my first paying customer for my first extension after 10 months+”
- crxbase — Adds subscriptions, payments and user management to browser extensions without a custom backend.“I got tired of building payment systems for every extension project”
- Runs AI agent journeys on websites, such as finding and carting a product, and reports each step with timing, blockers and screenshots.“Selling SaaS in the « agentic » era : Agentic traffic monitoring (GA4 for agents) or E2E real agent journey tests you can trigger?”
- Adds features to Chrome through a browser extension, with the specific purpose not stated in the post.“My extension just crossed 10k users! A quick update on my last post”