
KittyBrowser puts agent-driven Chrome inside terminal
KittyBrowser is a new MIT-licensed Rust project that renders headless Chrome as real pixels inside a terminal pane via the kitty graphics protocol. Its `kb ctl` interface lets coding agents navigate, inspect, test, and debug the same page the developer is watching.
KittyBrowser makes the terminal a surprisingly credible browser workspace, especially for agent-assisted frontend development.
- –Agents can interact with live pages while developers observe every action.
- –`kb ctl` exposes navigation, DOM reading, screenshots, console logs, network checks, viewport changes, and clicks.
- –The kitty graphics protocol preserves real layouts, fonts, images, and interactions instead of reducing pages to text.
- –The main constraint is environmental: users need Chrome plus a compatible terminal, and Linux support remains untested.
- –Its local control socket is powerful but deserves careful permission boundaries around logged-in browser sessions.
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2026-11-13
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