v1.0.0 - Initial Release
Release Date: January 2025
🎉 Overview
BrowserStation is an open-source, self-hosted alternative to BrowserBase that provides scalable browser automation infrastructure for AI agents. This initial release delivers a production-ready platform with significant cost savings (~85% reduction) while maintaining full Chrome DevTools Protocol compatibility.
✨ Key Features
Core Functionality
- Distributed Browser Management: Ray-based orchestration for managing Chrome instances at scale
- REST API + WebSocket Proxy: Simple API for browser lifecycle management with full CDP access
- Multi-Framework Support: Compatible with Playwright, Puppeteer, browser-use, LangChain, and CrewAI
- API Key Authentication: Secure multi-tenant access via X-API-Key headers
Infrastructure
- Kubernetes Native: Runs on any Kubernetes cluster with KubeRay operator
- Auto-scaling: Horizontal pod autoscaling based on CPU utilization
- Local Development: One-command setup with Kind cluster
- AWS EKS Deployment: Production-ready Terraform modules for AWS
Performance
- Resource Efficiency: 1 CPU per browser instance with configurable memory limits
- Worker Pooling: c5.4xlarge instances can run 16 concurrent browsers
- Fast Startup: Browser instances ready in seconds
- Graceful Shutdown: Proper cleanup of resources on termination