Lightpanda 1.0: Out of Beta and Ready for Production
Lightpanda leaves beta with 1.7 million passing Web Platform Tests and CORS on by default. Here's what changed since November 2024.
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AI agents
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The browser agent stack, explained
The browser agent stack, mapped layer by layer: model, harness, browser drivers, engine. Lightpanda covers three of the four in a single binary.
Lightpanda Blog7 min readUsing Lightpanda with agent-browser
agent-browser drives Lightpanda over CDP with a one-flag switch. Here is how to get the most out of the integration, plus a demo script you can run today.
Lightpanda Blog8 min readHow should we benchmark Lightpanda for AI agents?
We ran Lightpanda, agent-browser, and browser-use through AssistantBench and GAIA Level 1 with Claude Sonnet 4.6 as the brain. The tool surface mattered more than the engine.
Lightpanda Blog11 min readThe Web Automation Stack Explained
Every tool in web automation runs on a browser engine. There are only two real options: Chromium and Lightpanda. Here's how the entire stack fits together.
Lightpanda Blog12 min readWeb Bot Auth Support in Lightpanda
Lightpanda now supports Web Bot Auth, the emerging standard for bots and AI agents to cryptographically prove their identity.
Lightpanda Blog7 min readNative Markdown Output in Lightpanda
Lightpanda now converts web pages to markdown natively inside the browser, cutting token usage for AI agents.
Lightpanda Blog7 min readCDP Under the Hood: A Deep Dive
The Chrome DevTools Protocol powers every major browser automation library, but it wasn't designed for browser automation.
Lightpanda Blog8 min readThe Real Cost of JavaScript: Why Web Automation Isn't What It Used to Be
Modern web architecture has made traditional HTTP crawling obsolete. JavaScript execution is now mandatory for most sites and that changes everything about infrastructure costs and scale.
Lightpanda Blog6 min readBrowser security in the age of AI agents
AI agents introduce new security risks when given direct browser access. Lightpanda explores how a lightweight browser with instant startup can mitigate these threats.
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