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Mac Control MCPby AdelEloRemove Mac Control MCP from this comparisonBrowserActby BrowserActRemove BrowserAct from this comparisonagent-browserby Vercel LabsRemove agent-browser from this comparison
Sets it apart
  • No auth required
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  • No auth required
  • Official Vercel listing
  • Most skills (5)
  • Newest listing (added Oct 4, 2026)
What it isNative Swift MCP server with 63 tools for full macOS automation — accessibility tree, Safari/Chrome control, screen capture, OCR, keyboard/mouse, Spotlight, and clipboard.Automates real-Chrome browser sessions for AI agents — breaks through anti-bot walls, isolates multi-account sessions, runs parallel tasks, and hands off to humans when stuck.Lets coding agents drive Chrome from a native Rust CLI or stdio MCP server, using accessibility snapshots with element refs, semantic locators, and saved login state.
ProviderAdelEloBrowserActVercel Labs
Official vendorNot an official listingNot an official listingVercel
VerifiedYesSame for all
AccessMCPCLIMCP, CLI
AuthNoneAPI KeyNone
MCP serverIn its setup guideNo MCP serverIn its setup guide
CLI installNo CLIIn its docsnpmnpm install -g agent-browser
SkillsAccessibility Tree, Browser Control, Screen Capture & OCR, System AutomationAnti-Bot Evasion, Multi-Session Isolation, Human HandoffSnapshot And Refs, Agent-Friendly Reading, Snapshot And Visual Diff, MCP Tool Profiles, Login State Persistence
StreamingNoSame for all
Push notificationsNoSame for all
CategoriesBrowser & Computer UseSame for all
Tagsmcp, macos, accessibility-tree, safari, chrome, ocr, screen-capturebrowser-automation, anti-bot, multi-session, parallel-execution, human-handoff, chrome, web-agentsbrowser-automation, headless-chrome, accessibility-tree, rust-cli, local-mcp, web-scraping, vercel
Listed sinceApr 25, 2026Jul 6, 2026Oct 4, 2026
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mac-control-mcpmcpNo auth requiredbrowseractcli—agent-browsercli+mcpNo auth required; Official Vercel listing; Most skills (5); Newest listing (added Oct 4, 2026)
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descriptionNative Swift MCP server with 63 tools for full macOS automation — accessibility tree, Safari/Chrome control, screen capture, OCR, keyboard/mouse, Spotlight, and clipboard. | Automates real-Chrome browser sessions for AI agents — breaks through anti-bot walls, isolates multi-account sessions, runs parallel tasks, and hands off to humans when stuck. | Lets coding agents drive Chrome from a native Rust CLI or stdio MCP server, using accessibility snapshots with element refs, semantic locators, and saved login state.
providerAdelElo | BrowserAct | Vercel Labs
officialNot an official listing | Not an official listing | Vercel
verified (same)Yes
accessMCP | CLI | MCP, CLI
authNone | API Key | None
mcpIn its setup guide | No MCP server | In its setup guide
cliNo CLI | In its docs | npm: npm install -g agent-browser
skillsAccessibility Tree, Browser Control, Screen Capture & OCR, System Automation | Anti-Bot Evasion, Multi-Session Isolation, Human Handoff | Snapshot And Refs, Agent-Friendly Reading, Snapshot And Visual Diff, MCP Tool Profiles, Login State Persistence
streaming (same)No
push (same)No
categories (same)Browser & Computer Use
tagsmcp, macos, accessibility-tree, safari, chrome, ocr, screen-capture | browser-automation, anti-bot, multi-session, parallel-execution, human-handoff, chrome, web-agents | browser-automation, headless-chrome, accessibility-tree, rust-cli, local-mcp, web-scraping, vercel
addedApr 25, 2026 | Jul 6, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026
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