# Open Source & Tooling

- [Browserless introduces the Browser Automation Protocol](https://extractfeed.io/story/browserless-introduces-the-browser-automation-protocol-6bba0fd/) — Browserless has announced a new protocol for browser automation.
- [Firecrawl releases Convex component for web scraping integration](https://extractfeed.io/story/firecrawl-releases-convex-component-for-web-scraping-integra-86b90c0/) — Firecrawl announced a new Convex component that allows developers to integrate web scraping capabilities directly into their Convex applications.
- [Playwright 1.63.0 adds test locks for safe concurrent access to shared resources](https://extractfeed.io/story/playwright-1-63-0-adds-test-locks-for-safe-concurrent-access-2738b90/) — Playwright 1.63.0 introduces named test locks that prevent concurrent execution of tests sharing the same lock name across files, workers, and projects.
- [Puppeteer 25.10.0 adds video-stream screen recording and Firefox 155.0 support](https://extractfeed.io/story/puppeteer-25-10-0-adds-video-stream-screen-recording-and-fir-9409190/) — Puppeteer released version 25.10.0 of puppeteer-core, introducing a video-stream-based screen recording feature via page.record() and rolling to Firefox 155.0.
- [Scrapfly compares 8 Python HTTP clients for web scraping in 2026](https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-compares-8-python-http-clients-for-web-scraping-in-fd86041/) — Scrapfly published a blog post evaluating eight Python HTTP clients on async support, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, TLS impersonation, and maintenance, with runnable examples.
- [Scrapfly compares Browser Use and Playwright for web scraping](https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-compares-browser-use-and-playwright-for-web-scrapin-0b85da8/) — Scrapfly published a blog post comparing Browser Use and Playwright, covering architectural differences, speed and cost tradeoffs, silent failure risks, and a hybrid approach for production scraping.
- [Scrapfly compares six modern command-line tools as alternatives to cURL and Wget](https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-compares-six-modern-command-line-tools-as-alternati-9dd3c68/) — A blog post from Scrapfly evaluates HTTPie, aria2, and other tools that address specific limitations of cURL and Wget, including a managed fetch tool for blocked requests.
- [Scrapfly ranks five open-source LinkedIn scrapers on GitHub by auth model and ban risk](https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-ranks-five-open-source-linkedin-scrapers-on-github-348f842/) — Scrapfly published a blog post evaluating five open-source LinkedIn scraping repositories on GitHub, ranking them by authentication approach, maintenance status, and real-world blocking risk as of August 2026.
- [Scrapfly ranks four open-source proxy scrapers still viable in 2026](https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-ranks-four-open-source-proxy-scrapers-still-viable-6737496/) — A blog post from Scrapfly filters the crowded open-source proxy tool landscape down to four actively maintained scrapers and checkers worth using this year.
- [Scrapfly ranks six open-source YouTube scrapers by job, flags two failures](https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-ranks-six-open-source-youtube-scrapers-by-job-flags-9da6470/) — Scrapfly published a blog post comparing six open-source YouTube scrapers, including a GitHub snapshot from August 11, 2026, and noting two projects that failed in their tests.
- [Scrapfly reviews nine Scrapy extensions and middlewares for 2026](https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-reviews-nine-scrapy-extensions-and-middlewares-for-bd62997/) — Scrapfly tested nine Scrapy extensions and middlewares against Scrapy 2.18, covering rendering, TLS fingerprints, proxies, extraction, shared queues, and deployment.
- [Scrapfly rounds up top open-source Facebook Marketplace scrapers on GitHub for 2026](https://extractfeed.io/story/scrapfly-rounds-up-top-open-source-facebook-marketplace-scra-25a8e58/) — Scrapfly published a blog post listing the five best open-source Facebook Marketplace scrapers on GitHub as of 2026, along with repos to avoid.
- [Stagehand Python 4.0.3a0.dev1483 adds stagehand\_facade tool surface for eval benchmarking](https://extractfeed.io/story/stagehand-python-4-0-3a0-dev1483-adds-stagehand-facade-tool-0c6ec60/) — A dev release of Stagehand Python introduces a facade tool surface that allows evals to benchmark the exact byte-identical interface shipped to Claude Code, Codex, and Pi integrations.
- [Zyte launches 'Modern Scrapy for experienced developers' tutorial series](https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-launches-modern-scrapy-for-experienced-developers-tutor-e3a5408/) — Zyte published the first part of a new blog series aimed at experienced developers building production-ready Scrapy projects.
- [Zyte releases scrapy-spidey-sense, a preflight CLI for Scrapy projects](https://extractfeed.io/story/zyte-releases-scrapy-spidey-sense-a-preflight-cli-for-scrapy-c54cf08/) — Zyte has open-sourced a command-line tool that performs static analysis on Scrapy projects before a crawl begins, scoring production-readiness and linking findings to fixes.