Botasaurus
Python toolkit with request and browser modes. The current 30-site test uses its browser workflow.
29 September 2026 UTC · frozen public-30-v1 · no proxy
One Botasaurus browser mode on all 30 targets
21 of 30 DOM captures met the unchanged content checks. Botasaurus 4.0.97 / driver 4.0.101 used a fresh headless Chrome profile per URL, sequentially without a proxy or target retry. Inspect all 180 records across six tools, with dates, resource differences, failed HTTP 200 checks, hashes and exact code. Raw captures remain private.
Compare all 30 targets across six toolsPublished test history
These May 2026 runs used one network without a proxy. Their pass counts describe those older attempts, not how the tool will perform today.
| Mode | Date | Version | Observed result | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| botosaurus | 2026-05-24 | 4.0.97 | 6/21 required-content checks | No proxy |
Where it fits
When you want the best odds a pure request layer can give you without paid infrastructure, and you're open to adopting its framework conventions. Watch this space for the browser Driver test.
This guidance comes from the May 2026 review. Check a recent run before choosing for production.
What it can do
- Keep a browser session
- Crawl or queue pages
- Render JavaScript
- Use a proxy
- Take screenshots
- Fetch HTML
- Extract fields
Capabilities are catalog notes, not outcomes from the benchmark above.
Project record
- Type
- Use a browser
- Ecosystem
- python
- Repo check
- 2026-05-23
- License
- MIT
Repository metadata is a dated snapshot, not a live health guarantee.
See how we validate pages, including what a pass does and does not mean.