Clearcote

Open-source stealth Chromium - drop-in for Playwright & Puppeteer.

About Clearcote

Clearcote is an open-source Chromium browser modified at the engine level to provide advanced fingerprint control for automation tasks. Designed as a drop-in replacement for Playwright and Puppeteer, it targets developers working on privacy-focused browsing, scraping, QA testing, and multi-profile management. The tool offers persistent browser identities, engine-level control over fingerprinting surfaces, and supports both local and hosted cloud usage. Clearcote is free for single-browser use (with a GitHub account), while a Pro plan enables running multiple browsers and includes additional support. The platform is available for Windows and Linux, and is distributed under a BSD-3 license.

Best for: automation developers, QA testers, web scrapers, privacy researchers

Key features

Modifies Chromium at the engine level for fingerprint control
Drop-in SDKs for Playwright and Puppeteer in Python, Node, and .NET
Persistent browser identities for consistent sessions
Supports proxies and geo-matching for timezone and language
Cloud-hosted browsers with residential IPs, billed per GB
Open-source, de-Googled Chromium build with reproducible, signed releases
Profile Manager desktop app for managing identities and proxies
TLS and HTTP/2 fingerprinting matches Chromium's own stack

Use cases

Automating browser tasks with Playwright or Puppeteer using stealth features
Running privacy-focused web scraping and data pipelines
Performing QA and cross-device testing with captured device profiles
Enabling AI agents to interact with real browsers via MCP server
Managing multiple browser profiles for research or development
Testing browser fingerprinting and privacy leaks

Pros

Free for single-browser use with GitHub account
Open-source with reproducible, signed builds
No injected JavaScript; modifications are at the engine level
Cloud-hosted option includes residential proxies in the price
Profile Manager desktop app is available for free

Limitations

Free tier limited to one browser at a time with GitHub account
Pro plan required for running multiple browsers or accessing older builds
Hosted browsers billed per GB of traffic
Free with GitHub requires an account at least 30 days old and SDK 0.30.0 or newer

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