camoufox
by daijro
Camoufox is a modified version of the Firefox browser that changes its fingerprint so automated sessions look like ordinary visitors. It is meant for web scraping and AI agents that need to load websites without being flagged as bots.
- Stars
- 12.8k
- Licence
- MPL-2.0
- Runs on
- Your computer
- Setup
- Moderate
- Language
- Python
- Age
- 822 days
What you can do with it
- Run automated browser sessions with Playwright that present a realistic, varied browser fingerprint
- Collect data from websites that block standard headless browsers
- Give an AI agent a browser that is less likely to be flagged as a bot
Make money with it
A freelancer could offer custom data-collection or monitoring services to clients, provided the work respects the target sites' terms and the law.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Gather public pricing or listing data from competitor sites for market research without paying for a scraping service
- Automate repetitive browser tasks, such as checking stock or reports on sites that block simple bots
Can you use it commercially?
Usable in paid products, but changes to its own files must be shared under the same licence.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
It is a Python package installed with pip, which then fetches the custom Firefox build, and it is driven through Playwright; the README points to camoufox.com for full instructions.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- The README says it is under development and may not suit stable production use
- Designed to evade bot detection, so using it may breach website terms of service or local law
- Reliable scraping usually needs paid proxies, which the README promotes through sponsors
- Could be misused for fraud or abuse
Who's talking about it
Checked 27 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
