Dicklesworthstone / markdown_web_browser
Renders any URL via headless Chrome, tiles screenshots into OCR slices, and streams structured Markdown + provenance back to AI agents and pipelines
Why this job: matched by what the repo talks about: browser, web, chrome, agent
What it does
- Smart Address Bar. Enter any URL or search term (auto-detects and searches Google)
- Navigation History. Back/forward buttons with full browsing history
- Refresh. Force reload to bypass cache
- Smart Caching. Pages cached for 1 hour for instant repeat visits
Get started
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dicklesworthstone/markdown_web_browser/main/install.sh | bash -s -- --yes You need: Chrome for Testing pin: Install the exact CFT_VERSION build from official CfT artifacts. Set CFT_EXECUTABLE to its executable, or on Linux place it at ~/.cache/mdwb/cft//chrome-linux64/chrome. The capture launcher refuses missing or mismatc; Transport + viewport: Defaults (PLAYWRIGHT_TRANSPORT=cdp, viewport 1280×2000, DPR 2) live in app/settings.py and must align with PLAN §§3, 19.; OCR credentials: OLMOCR_SERVER, OLMOCR_API_KEY, and OLMOCR_MODEL are required unless you point at OCR_LOCAL_URL.
- Maintenance
- Active
- Last commit 9 days ago
- Stars
- 190
- +1 this week
- Licence
- Custom
- Read before business use
- Downloads for
- None listed
- No release files
- Latest version
- None yet
- No releases
- Built with
- Python
- 89% of the code
Is it looked after?
- Contributors
- Not stated
- Last 90 days
- Issues
- 100% closed
- 0 still open
- Pull requests
- 1 merged
- 0 waiting
- Releases
- None
- Never published
- No contributing guide
- No security policy
- No code of conduct
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More: languages, topics and project record
Languages
- Python 89%
- JavaScript 5%
- CSS 2%
- Shell 2%
Topics
- ai-agents
- markdown
- ocr
- python
- web-scraping
Project record
- JobAutomation and scraping
- StatusListed
- Commits181
- Forks28
- Watching2
- Stars in 28 days+3
- CreatedNov 7, 2025
- First seen by usNov 7, 2026
- CheckedNov 8, 2026