Self-hosted, simple web browser service – send URL, get screenshots

1. ScrapeServ

   1 1 1,042 7.8 Python

   A self-hosted API that takes a URL and returns a file with browser screenshots.

   

2. InfluxDB

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   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

3. imagely

   2 1 19 - JavaScript

   Convert any HTML, SVG, or JS to an image.

   

   Reminds me of this open source library I wrote to do the same thing: https://github.com/nextbigsoundinc/imagely

   It uses puppeteer and chrome headless behind the scenes.

4. awesome-regression-testing

   3 6 2,323 4.5

   🕶️ A curated list of resources around the topic: visual regression testing

   

5. website-image-proxy

   4 2 3 0.7 JavaScript

   Simple proxy that serves a website as an image

   

   Similar one I wrote a while ago using Pupetteer for the IoT low power display purposes. Neat trick is that it learns the refresh interval, so that it takes a snapshot just before it's requested :) https://github.com/SmilyOrg/website-image-proxy

6. abbey

   5 2 400 9.5 JavaScript

   Abbey is a self-hosted configurable AI interface with workspaces, document chats, YouTube chats, and more. Find our hosted version at https://abbey.us.ai.

   

   https://github.com/US-Artificial-Intelligence/abbey

   Was the motivation for separating it based on security considerations, as stated in the "Security Considerations"?

7. ScrapeServ

   6 1 622 5.9 Python

   Discontinued A self-hosted API that takes a URL and returns a file with browser screenshots. [Moved to: https://github.com/goodreasonai/ScrapeServ] (by US-Artificial-Intelligence)

   

   https://github.com/US-Artificial-Intelligence/ScrapeServ?tab...

8. pixelmatch

   7 7 6,539 6.4 JavaScript

   The smallest, simplest and fastest JavaScript pixel-level image comparison library

   

   Good point on offloading it as for the amount of work that's required in setting up a wrapper for something like Puppeteer, Playwright etc that also works with a probably quite specific setup, I've found the best way to get a quality image consistently is to just subscribe to one of the many SASS' out there that already do this well. Some of the comments above suggest some decent screenshot-as-a-service products.

   Really depends on how valuable your time is over your (or your companies) money. I prefer going for the quality (and more $) solution rather than the solution that boasts cheap prices, as I tend to avoid headaches of unreliable services. Sam Vines Boots theory and all that.

   For image comparison I've always found using pixelmatch by Mapbox works well for PNG's

   https://github.com/mapbox/pixelmatch

9. Sevalla

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