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Vibium

Browser automation without the drama.

Vibium is browser automation infrastructure built for AI agents. A single binary handles browser lifecycle, WebDriver BiDi protocol, and exposes an MCP server — so Claude Code (or any MCP client) can drive a browser with zero setup. Works great for AI agents, test automation, and anything else that needs a browser.

New here? Getting Started Tutorial — zero to hello world in 5 minutes.

Quick Reference

Component	Purpose	Interface
Clicker	Browser automation, BiDi proxy, MCP server	CLI / stdio / WebSocket :9515
JS Client	Developer-facing API	npm package

Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                         LLM / Agent                         │
│          (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Local Models)         │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                      ▲
                      │ MCP Protocol (stdio)
                      ▼
           ┌─────────────────────┐         
           │   Vibium Clicker    │
           │                     │
           │  ┌───────────────┐  │
           │  │  MCP Server   │  │
           │  └───────▲───────┘  │         ┌──────────────────┐
           │          │          │         │                  │
           │  ┌───────▼───────┐  │WebSocket│                  │
           │  │  BiDi Proxy   │  │◄───────►│  Chrome Browser  │
           │  └───────────────┘  │  BiDi   │                  │
           │                     │         │                  │
           └─────────────────────┘         └──────────────────┘
                      ▲
                      │ WebSocket BiDi :9515
                      ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                        JS/TS Client                         │
│                     npm install vibium                      │
│                                                             │
│    ┌─────────────────┐               ┌─────────────────┐    │
│    │ Async API       │               │    Sync API     │    │
│    │ await vibe.go() │               │    vibe.go()    │    │
│    │                 │               │                 │    │
│    └─────────────────┘               └─────────────────┘    │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Components

Clicker

A single Go binary (~10MB) that does everything:

Browser Management: Detects/launches Chrome with BiDi enabled
BiDi Proxy: WebSocket server that routes commands to browser
MCP Server: stdio interface for LLM agents
Auto-Wait: Polls for elements before interacting
Screenshots: Viewport capture as PNG

Design goal: The binary is invisible. JS developers just npm install vibium and it works.

JS/TS Client

// Option 1: require (REPL-friendly)
const { browserSync } = require('vibium')

// Option 2: dynamic import (REPL with --experimental-repl-await)
const { browser } = await import('vibium')

// Option 3: static import (in .mjs or .ts files)
import { browser, browserSync } from 'vibium'

Sync API:

const fs = require('fs')
const { browserSync } = require('vibium')

const vibe = browserSync.launch()
vibe.go('https://example.com')

const png = vibe.screenshot()
fs.writeFileSync('screenshot.png', png)

const link = vibe.find('a')
link.click()
vibe.quit()

Async API:

const fs = await import('fs/promises')
const { browser } = await import('vibium')

const vibe = await browser.launch()
await vibe.go('https://example.com')

const png = await vibe.screenshot()
await fs.writeFile('screenshot.png', png)

const link = await vibe.find('a')
await link.click()
await vibe.quit()

For Agents

One command to add browser control to Claude Code:

claude mcp add vibium -- npx -y vibium

That’s it. No manual steps needed. Chrome downloads automatically during setup.

Tool	Description
`browser_launch`	Start browser (visible by default)
`browser_navigate`	Go to URL
`browser_find`	Find element by CSS selector
`browser_click`	Click an element
`browser_type`	Type text into an element
`browser_screenshot`	Capture viewport (base64 or save to file with `--screenshot-dir`)
`browser_quit`	Close browser

For Humans

This automatically:

Installs the Clicker binary for your platform
Downloads Chrome for Testing + chromedriver to platform cache:
- Linux: ~/.cache/vibium/
- macOS: ~/Library/Caches/vibium/
- Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%vibium

No manual browser setup required.

Skip browser download (if you manage browsers separately):

VIBIUM_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD=1 npm install vibium

Platform Support

Platform	Architecture	Status
Linux	x64	✅ Supported
macOS	x64 (Intel)	✅ Supported
macOS	arm64 (Apple Silicon)	✅ Supported
Windows	x64	✅ Supported

Quick Start

As a library:

import { browser } from "vibium";

const vibe = await browser.launch();
await vibe.go("https://example.com");
const el = await vibe.find("a");
await el.click();
await vibe.quit();

With Claude Code:

Once installed via claude mcp add, just ask Claude to browse:

“Go to example.com and click the first link”

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup and guidelines.

Roadmap

V1 focuses on the core loop: browser control via MCP and JS client.

See V2-ROADMAP.md for planned features:

Python and Java clients
Cortex (memory/navigation layer)
Retina (recording extension)
Video recording
AI-powered locators

Updates

License

Apache 2.0

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Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium’s creator

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Vibium

Quick Reference

Architecture

Components

Clicker

JS/TS Client

For Agents

For Humans

Platform Support

Quick Start

Contributing

Roadmap

Updates

License

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