Chromium

The local provider renders pages in a headless Chromium driven by Playwright. It is the first browser in the default route.

• Free and private: nothing leaves your machine.
• Supports wait_selector, settle_ms and capture_json_responses.
• Off when allow_local_browser is false.

Set up

.venv/bin/playwright install chromium

Use it

It joins the default route by itself once set up. To use it on its own:

Python

page = await web.read(
    "https://example.com/products/2231",
    provider="local",
)

CLI

frankensurf read https://example.com/products/2231 --provider local

MCP

{ "tool": "read", "arguments": { "url": "https://example.com/products/2231", "provider": "local" } }

Details

Property	Value
Provider ID	local
Rung	T2
Cost	Free
Tested	Live
Docs	playwright.dev/python