Markdown Web Browser
Markdown Web Browser renders URLs with headless Chrome and returns OCR-backed Markdown with provenance for agents and pipelines.
About Markdown Web Browser
Markdown Web Browser is a tool for converting a web page into Markdown without relying on the page's own HTML structure. It renders a URL in headless Chrome, takes screenshots, splits them into tiled slices, runs OCR over those slices, and streams structured Markdown back along with provenance for each tile. It is aimed at AI agents, web apps and automation pipelines that need readable text from rendered pages.
The project offers two access paths: a browser UI at /browser with navigation history, an address bar and two Markdown views, and a CLI plus API for programmatic capture and batch work. Provenance markers reference the originating tile, its coordinates and a SHA-256 hash. The source material does not state pricing, licence terms or platform requirements beyond a headless Chrome rendering setup and the included deployment files.
Key features
- Renders URLs with headless Chrome and tiles screenshots for OCR
- Streams structured Markdown with per-tile provenance to agents
- Browser UI with navigation history, address bar and dual Markdown views
- CLI and API for programmatic capture and batch processing
- Provenance markers include tile coordinates, dimensions and SHA-256 hashes
- Describes stealth techniques for sites that block conventional scrapers
Best for: Developers and teams building AI agents or data pipelines that need Markdown extracted from fully rendered web pages rather than raw HTML.
Good for
- Output includes provenance linking each section back to its source screenshot tile
- Usable both interactively through a browser UI and programmatically via CLI or API
- Project demonstrates handling of a page protected by bot detection, using stealth techniques
Watch out for
- Pricing and licensing terms are not stated in the available source material
- Extraction depends on OCR of screenshots, so it requires a headless Chrome rendering environment
- The bot-detection example is a single case and does not guarantee access to other protected sites
Markdown Web Browser at a glance
- Category
- Development › Developer Tools
- Type
- Open-source project
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Markdown Web Browser FAQ
What does the tool output?
Structured Markdown with provenance annotations. Each block references its source tile, vertical coordinates, dimensions, scale and a SHA-256 hash, and the project shows both a GitHub-styled rendered view and a raw Markdown view.
How can it be used?
Through a browser UI at /browser with navigation history and an address bar, or through a CLI and API for automation, batch processing and agent workflows.
Does it work on sites that block scrapers?
The project documents an example on finviz.com, a page protected by Cloudflare bot detection, where it applies stealth techniques. This is reported for that example and is not a general guarantee for other protected sites.
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