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See: https://github.com/Halluminate/browserbench
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# BrowserBench
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BrowserBench exercises multiple hosted Chromium providers against a shared set of autonomous web-browsing tasks. It wraps the provider-specific session bootstrap in `browser_test.py` and coordinates parallel task execution in `run_browserbench.py`, emitting timestamped CSV reports so you can compare reliability and latency provider by provider.
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## Repository Layout
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- `run_browserbench.py` – asynchronous benchmark runner; loads tasks from CSV, fans them out with bounded concurrency, and writes aggregated results.
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- `browser_test.py` – single-task harness that spins up a provider session, runs the `browser_use` agent, captures the final message, and performs provider-specific teardown.
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- `providers/` – lightweight adapters for Anchor, Browserbase, SteelBrowser, and Hyperbrowser. Each exposes `create_session(...)` and `cleanup_session(...)` so the runner never touches SDK details.
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- `browserbench.csv` / `test_tasks.csv` – canonical and sandbox task lists. Each row describes the start URL, natural-language instruction, and ground-truth expectation.
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- `results/` – auto-created folder containing `browserbench_results_<provider>_<timestamp>.csv` exports for every run.
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- `pyproject.toml` – Project configuration and dependencies for uv package management.
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- `requirements.txt` – Python dependencies (maintained for pip compatibility).
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## Prerequisites
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### Installation with uv (Recommended)
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[uv](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv) is a fast Python package installer and resolver. If you don't have it installed:
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```bash
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curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
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```
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Then install dependencies:
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```bash
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# Install all dependencies
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uv sync
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# Run commands with uv
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uv run python run_browserbench.py --help
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uv run python browser_test.py --help
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```
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### Installation with pip (Alternative)
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If you prefer traditional pip:
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```bash
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# Create virtual environment
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python -m venv venv
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source venv/bin/activate # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
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# Install dependencies
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pip install -r requirements.txt
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```
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### Environment Variables
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Create a `.env` file in the project root with the following variables:
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```bash
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# OpenAI API Key (required for all providers)
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OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here
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# Anchor Browser API Key
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ANCHOR_API_KEY=your_anchor_api_key_here
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# Browserbase API credentials
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BROWSERBASE_API_KEY=your_browserbase_api_key_here
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BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID=your_browserbase_project_id_here
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# Steel Browser API Key
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STEEL_API_KEY=your_steel_api_key_here
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# Hyperbrowser API Key
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HYPERBROWSER_API_KEY=your_hyperbrowser_api_key_here
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```
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Alternatively, export them manually in your shell. Both `run_browserbench.py` and `browser_test.py` call `python-dotenv.load_dotenv()`, so a local `.env` file is respected automatically.
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## Running the Benchmark Suite
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### With uv:
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```bash
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uv run python run_browserbench.py \
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--provider browserbase \
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--concurrency 5 \
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--tasks 20 \
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--csv-file browserbench.csv
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```
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### With pip/virtualenv:
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```bash
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python run_browserbench.py \
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--provider browserbase \
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--concurrency 5 \
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--tasks 20 \
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--csv-file browserbench.csv
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```
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Key flags:
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- `--provider {anchor|browserbase|steelbrowser|hyperbrowser}` – choose which adapter to exercise. Each run targets a single provider.
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- `--concurrency <int>` – number of simultaneous browser sessions. The runner uses an `asyncio.Semaphore` to cap parallelism.
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- `--tasks <int>` – optionally limit the number of rows pulled from the CSV.
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- `--csv-file <path>` – alternate task list.
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- `--output <filename>` – custom name for the result CSV (otherwise auto-generated).
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- `--no-stealth` – disable provider-specific stealth settings where available.
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The runner validates that required environment variables exist, loads tasks, dispatches them through `browser_test.main(...)`, and writes a CSV report under `results/`. Each row includes:
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- task metadata (ID, prompt, URLs, ground truth)
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- provider + configuration fields (`provider`, `timestamp`, `success`, `error_message`)
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- completion info (`agent_result`, `session_url`, `execution_time`)
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## Running a Single Task
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Use `browser_test.py` when you need to debug prompts or provider wiring:
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uv run python browser_test.py --provider steelbrowser --task "Find the latest pricing for the Oculus Quest 3" --no-stealth
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```
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### With pip/virtualenv:
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python browser_test.py --provider steelbrowser --task "Find the latest pricing for the Oculus Quest 3" --no-stealth
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This script spins up the requested provider, launches the `browser_use.Agent`, streams intermediate logging, and returns both the final natural-language answer and any provider session URL/recording. Cleanup is performed automatically even on failure.
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## Provider Behaviors
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All adapters follow the same two-function contract but expose slightly different features:
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- **Anchor** – provisions a mobile proxy with CAPTCHA solving and returns a CDP URL alongside recording links.
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- **Browserbase** – can enable `advanced_stealth` + proxies; session URLs follow `https://www.browserbase.com/sessions/<id>`.
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- **SteelBrowser** – REST API for session creation/release with optional stealth payload (`useProxy`, `solveCaptcha`, `stealthConfig`).
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- **Hyperbrowser** – REST API for session start/stop, optional stealth/captcha solving, and direct session playback URLs.
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Because the runner calls `browser_test.main(...)`, any provider enhancements made there automatically propagate to batch runs.
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## Customising Task Sets
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The benchmark CSV expects four columns: `starting_url`, `Task`, `ground_truth_url`, and `Ground Truth`. Add rows, duplicate the file under a new name, and supply it via `--csv-file`. For quick smoke tests, trim the dataset or point to `test_tasks.csv` with a small subset of records.
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## Operational Notes
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- Logging is configured at `INFO` level in `run_browserbench.py`; per-task start/stop messages stream to stdout.
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- Result files are overwritten only when you supply the same `--output` name. The default timestamped filenames are unique.
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- Failures are captured with the raised exception stored in `error_message`; the row still appears in the CSV so aggregate success rates remain accurate.
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- Session teardown happens in adapter-specific `cleanup_session(...)` calls. We still attempt to return human-usable session URLs even if the cleanup API raises.
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## Next Steps
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- Integrate the produced CSVs with your analytics tooling to visualise latency and success deltas per provider.
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- Extend `providers/` with additional adapters by mirroring the `create_session`/`cleanup_session` contract and adding the provider name to the CLI choices in both scripts.
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See: https://github.com/Halluminate/browserbench
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