klarlabs-studio/scout

<p align="center"> <img src="docs/logo-400.png" alt="Scout" width="160"> </p> <h1 align="center">Scout</h1> <p align="center"><strong>Browser automation, one binary.</strong> The simpler alternative to Playwright — no Node, no Python, no runtime. Drive a real browser from Go, any shell, any AI agent (built-in MCP server), or a chat UI.</p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://github.com/klarlabs-studio/scout/releases"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/klarlabs-studio/scout?style=flat-square&color=3b82f6" alt="Release"></a> <a href="https://github.com/klarlabs-studio/scout/blob/main/LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/license/klarlabs-studio/scout?style=flat-square" alt="License"></a> <a href="https://github.com/klarlabs-studio/scout/actions/workflows/ci.yml"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/klarlabs-studio/scout/ci.yml?style=flat-square&label=CI" alt="CI"></a> <a href="https://pkg.go.dev/go.klarlabs.de/scout"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/go.dev-reference-007d9c?style=flat-square" alt="Go Reference"></a> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/coverage-80%25-brightgreen?style=flat-square" alt="Coverage"> <a href="https://github.com/klarlabs-studio/scout/security/code-scanning"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/security-nox-22c55e?style=flat-square" alt="Security (nox)"></a> </p>

A single statically-linked scout binary gives you a CLI, a 77-tool MCP server (so any MCP-aware agent — Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, custom — has a browser), a conversational chat UI, and a Go library with Gin-like middleware composition. Same engine, four access points.

brew install klarlabs-studio/tap/scout

vs. Playwright

| | Scout | Playwright | |---|---|---| | Install | one ~15 MB binary | npm + ~600 MB browser cache | | Runtime dep | none (static) | Node.js always; Python/Java/.NET as wrappers | | Drive from | Go, any shell, MCP, chat UI | TS/JS first-class; others lag | |