Stagehand

Browserbase

The SDK that drives a browser with natural language plus Playwright: act, extract, observe — Browserbase's open-source hand, not a hosted agent product.

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Overview

Stagehand is how you write computer use without inventing selectors: tell it to click the book button, extract the price, observe the DOM. Playwright stays underneath. Browserbase is the hosted Chrome; this is the hand.

It will still miss a dynamic widget. You will still own the loop. For teams building agents that browse, it is the SDK that beats a pile of CSS selectors. For a non-developer, Operator is the tab.

Pros / Cons

Pros

NL instead of a selector graveyard
Open source, Playwright underneath
Works local or on Browserbase
The hand for computer-use agents you own

Cons

You still write the agent loop
Dynamic widgets still miss
Not a consumer preview tab

Who it's for

NL browser actions in a TypeScript agent

Extracting from pages without CSS archaeology

Pairing Playwright with an LLM

Driving Browserbase sessions

Bottom line

The open-source hand for browser agents — SDK, not a demo tab.

Key Features

NL act / extract / observe on pages

Playwright under the hood

Open-source SDK

Pairs with Browserbase or local Chrome

TypeScript-first

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Frequently asked questions

What is Stagehand?

Stagehand is a AI Platforms tool developed by Browserbase. The company was founded in 2024 and is headquartered in San Francisco, USA. The SDK that drives a browser with natural language plus Playwright: act, extract, observe — Browserbase's open-source hand, not a hosted agent product.