Lightpanda

★ 27.3k Zig, Rust
Lightpanda architecture diagram

TL;DR

A headless browser built from scratch for AI agents and web automation. 91K lines of Zig with V8 JS engine, html5ever parser, and CDP WebSocket support. Claims 9x faster than Chrome and 16x less memory — by simply not doing most of what Chrome does.

Key Finding: From-scratch browser for AI agents, 9x Chrome, 16x less memory

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