Kitesurf: Agent-first browser that runs in V8 isolates

(blog.cloudflare.com)

28 points | by m3h 4 hours ago ago

5 comments

  • nicoburns 43 minutes ago

    This is built on top of Blitz (https://github.com/dioxuslabs/blitz): a new modular (open source) browser engine that I've been building for the last 2.5 years.

    (I wasn't involved in building kitesurf, but I am informed that they intend to open source and upstream their patches)

    • hugs 4 minutes ago

      any plans to support webdriver bidi for automation? (i'd be happy to help!)

  • QuantumNomad_ an hour ago

    From the page https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-run/ linked to from this article:

    > Run headless Chrome on Cloudflare's global network for browser automation, web scraping, testing, and content generation.

    Does Cloudflare the CDN allow these browser instances to bypass their own anti-bot mechanisms? Or will Cloudflare the CDN block them the same as if someone was running scraping bots from a different provider?

    Will Kitesurf in Cloudflare workers get special bypass privileges to content protected by Cloudflare the CDN?

    • buremba an hour ago

      No it doesn't and it's simply useless. They have been trying to enable publishers to charge scrapers so that's why they're pushing this path hard.

  • LetsGetTechnicl 6 minutes ago

    Ugh