BrowserBeevsObscura
Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.
| BrowserBee | Obscura | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 50/100 | 75/100 |
| Rank in category | #7 of 11 in Browser Automation | #3 of 16 in Web Scraping |
| GitHub stars | 980 | 29 532 |
| Stars, last 30 days | — | +448 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 0 | 10 |
| Latest release | — | v0.2.5 · 17 Oct 2026 |
| Setup | Easy | Easy |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Main language | Typescript | Rust |
Which one should you pick?
Obscura scores 75/100 against 50/100 for BrowserBee, so it is the safer default.
Obscura ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for BrowserBee.
Obscura is growing faster right now (+448 stars in 30 days).
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