Show HN: Bruster – Browser automation in Rust using the OS native webview

Category: devtools

Tags: browser-automation, rust, mcp, webview, agent-tools

Score: 6.3/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 7, Utility: 5)

Bruster is a Rust-based browser automation controller that drives OS-native webviews (WKWebView, WebKitGTK, WebView2) via JSON-lines over stdio or MCP. It is interesting because it eliminates Node.js and heavy Chromium bundles while exposing a simple agent-friendly protocol with cross-platform builds and a Docker image.

Target audience: AI agent developers, backend engineers, QA/test automation engineers

Repository: https://aliilyas.github.io/bruster/ · Python · MIT

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