scout

Name: scout
Author: Outcrawl

Scout is Outcrawl's open-source browser agent, which automates web tasks in a real browser.

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Free (open source) + optional paid cloudApache-2.0TypeScript (Node 22+)★ 924 (as of 2026-10-17)by Outcrawl

Why it matters

An open-source browser agent library: describe a task in plain words and it drives a real browser until the job is done. It's for developers adding web automation to their apps, with any chat-completions model.

Highlights

Reads the page, clicks, types and scrolls until done, then returns the answer. If it can't finish, it says what blocked it.
Bring your own models per role: hands (required), plus optional brain, eyes (vision) and extract, on any chat-completions-compatible service.
Pass a JSON Schema to get answers back in a fixed shape.
Runs on Outcrawl's cloud browser (captcha solving and a replay of every run) or on a local Chromium via playwright-core.
Example tasks in the repo cover research, form filling, price comparison and sign-in.

Taken from the project's own README, docs or launch page. Claims about speed or accuracy are the maker's unless stated otherwise.

Try it if: You want to script browser tasks in TypeScript with your own model instead of a closed agent.

Worth knowing: The repo is mirrored automatically from Outcrawl's own repository.

Quick facts

Pricing	Library free; Outcrawl cloud browser has a free tier of 1,000 credits/month, no card (paid tiers not checked)not verified
Free or paid	Free (open source) + optional paid cloud
License	Apache-2.0
Language	TypeScript (Node 22+)
Platform	npm package @outcrawl/scout; local or Outcrawl cloud
GitHub stars	★ 924 (as of 2026-10-17)
Maker	Outcrawl

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