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Active·★ 990·MIT·Updated 2026-10-17

OpenTabs reverse-engineers internal APIs of web apps and exposes them as MCP tools. It consists of an MCP server and a Chrome extension that routes API calls through your browser sessions, enabling fast and deterministic AI interactions without screenshots or DOM scraping. It supports over 100 plugins covering ~2,000 tools.

opentabs sits in the Browser Automation category, so it is usually better judged by workflow fit, deployment style, and team needs than by isolated features alone. Based on the available metadata, it leans most clearly toward Reverse-engineers internal web app APIs. A representative use case is AI agents performing actions on web apps (e.g., checking stock portfolio, ordering food). The listed license is MIT. GitHub stars are currently 990. Relevant tags include ai-agents, browser-automation.

This write-up is based on the project's README and public repository data. We have not hand-tested the tool.

#ai-agents#browser-automation#chrome#chrome-extension#claude-code#mcp#mcp-server#mcp-servers
$ Install
$ npm install -g @opentabs-dev/cli && opentabs start
↗ Visit site★ GitHub
01

Features

01Reverse-engineers internal web app APIs
02Works through existing browser sessions
03Over 100 plugins with ~2,000 tools
04Built-in browser tools (screenshots, clicking, typing, etc.)
05Permission controls and audit logging
02

Why choose it

+Reverse-engineers internal web app APIs
+Works through existing browser sessions
+AI agents performing actions on web apps (e.g., checking stock portfolio, ordering food)
+Supports 4 platforms or runtime environments.
03

Trade-offs

!The final decision should still be made through side-by-side comparison with similar tools.
04

Compatibility

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05

Quick start

1
$ npm install -g @opentabs-dev/cli
2
$ opentabs start
06

Use cases

↳AI agents performing actions on web apps (e.g., checking stock portfolio, ordering food)
↳Automating tasks across multiple services without separate API keys
↳Building and sharing plugins for custom workflows
07

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