Vibium
Dev tools
browser automation
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13 positive, 44 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 59 comments about the project. Thread score +0.19.
Execution: 3 for, 2 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Thanks for Selenium and its impact on careers
From 4 comments
Hey man, just wanted to say thanks for Selenium - it was a game changer and had a big impact on my professional life. I’m interested in checking out Vibium - I’ve been a…
rukuu001 on HNI recently conducted a little research project involving YouTube comments, where selenium made it possible. Quite cool to see the legend here, still active. Thanks, from a very…
eth0up on HNHey! You really helped my career. We chatted a lot maybe 13-15 years ago and really helped atlassian scale their selenium tests at the time. So glad to see you are still in this…
jaredwy on HNThe good old days of browser automation! Thanks a lot for Selenium and all the best for Vibium :)
saikatsg on HN
Playwright-style usability goal and open standards approach
From 1 comment
As someone who's made a good living primarily in UI automation for over a decade, thank you. It's been an interesting journey.I do think Playwright is the defacto standard now,…
999900000999 on HN
Objections
Lacks network request monitoring and JS injection in v1
From 2 comments
Does it allow you to inject js, modify the DOM, and most crucially monitor/modify network requests? I do those things in probably 95-99% of the time I reach for playwright mcp in…
dmd on HN> inject js, modify the DOM, and most crucially monitor/modify network requests not yet. definitely on the roadmap, though. goal is to embrace what playwright has done well, then…
hugs on HN
Not yet production-ready, only v1
From 1 comment
it's just v1. good for experimenting, not for production (yet!) and yes it's perhaps impolite and silently taboo for me to say it out loud, but "not being controlled by…
hugs on HN
Claude Desktop config fails to install
From 1 comment
How do you install it into Claude Desktop? I tried the following, but it fails. ``` "vibium": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@vibium/mcp@latest" ] } ```
starik36 on HN
Python and Java support not yet available
From 2 comments
I will wait for full Python and Go support.
OutOfHere on HNSince it's in go, wouldn't it be great if it also expose go api?
jeff4f5da2 on HN
Requests
Support for codex and other agents
From 1 comment
Cool. Can this currently be used with codex in the same way?
jstummbillig on HN
Local model support such as llama.cpp
From 1 comment
Any plans to support local models through llama.cpp or similar?
pryelluw on HN
URL allowlisting for safer agent use
From 1 comment
I'd love to be able to lock down the browser to only allow certain URLs (e.g. localhost) so I can give Claude (and other tools) carte blanche to use browser automation (rather…
moss_dog on HN
Agent skills support
From 1 comment
I wasn’t able to gather the future state plans beyond what’s noted in the V2 plans: https://github.com/VibiumDev/vibium/blob/main/V2-ROADMAP.md What’s next 5 years look like…
rancar2 on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Playwright
From 3 comments
My number one question would be how it compares to Playwright -- differences in design goals, capabilities, advantages and disadvantages.
anamexis on HNAs someone who's made a good living primarily in UI automation for over a decade, thank you. It's been an interesting journey.I do think Playwright is the defacto standard now,…
999900000999 on HNWhat is the benefit of using this instead of playwright?
ripped_britches on HN
How does it handle context bloat
From 1 comment
How does it handle context bloat between the browser and the llm? Any plans of exposing more of the browser? For instance playwright is able to store tracing files the agent may…
hcoura on HN
Does it handle login sessions and cookies
From 1 comment
And this handles login sessions, cookies, etc.? So much of the modern web is now hidden behind login sessions.
didip on HN
Prompt injection risk from malicious pages
From 1 comment
Is there any plan about how to deal with indirect prompt injection attacks that could trivially be lurking in malicious web pages, given the agent can navigate to an arbitrary URL?
gsnedders on HN
Alternatives named
Playwright and Playwright MCP
From 3 comments
As someone who's made a good living primarily in UI automation for over a decade, thank you. It's been an interesting journey.I do think Playwright is the defacto standard now,…
999900000999 on HNDoes it allow you to inject js, modify the DOM, and most crucially monitor/modify network requests? I do those things in probably 95-99% of the time I reach for playwright mcp in…
dmd on HNMy number one question would be how it compares to Playwright -- differences in design goals, capabilities, advantages and disadvantages.
anamexis on HN
Selenium
From 1 comment
This is very cool. We were thinking about doing something very similar with Skyvern What was the reason you went down this path instead of extending selenium with AI features?
suchintan on HN
dev-browser skill
From 1 comment
Interesting, I've been using this skill https://github.com/SawyerHood/dev-browser to save on context and get some more speed. Will try this out!
michelb on HN
Stagehand
From 1 comment
stagehand is good stuff!
hugs on HN