Crate glass 

Glass — lightweight local browser control for Chrome and Chromium.

Drives Chrome or Chromium directly through the Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP), without Playwright, WebDriver, or an embedded browser runtime.

Quick start

Build a session with SessionOptions, start Chrome, navigate, and close the session when the work is complete:

use glass::{BrowserSession, SessionOptions};

let options = SessionOptions::builder().build()?;
let session = BrowserSession::start(&options).await?;
let page = session.navigate("https://example.com").await?;
println!("{}", page.url);
session.close().await?;

The browser module contains the reusable Rust API. The cli module backs the glass binary, mcp exposes the MCP stdio server, and tui provides the terminal interface. User-facing guides are available in the repository’s docs.

Cargo features

• visual-compare enables PNG comparison helpers for screenshot checks.
• fuzzing enables test-oriented fuzzing hooks and is not needed by normal applications.

Modules

• browser — Chrome lifecycle, CDP client, DOM/accessibility parsing, mouse movement, security policy, profiles, and the central BrowserSession.
• cli — Clap argument definitions and command dispatch.
• mcp — JSON-RPC/MCP stdio server for MCP-compatible clients.
• tui — Ratatui terminal interface.

Re-exports

pub use browser::AccessibilityDiffSummary;

pub use browser::ActionContractError;

pub use browser::ActionFailureKind;

pub use browser::ActionKind;

pub use browser::ActionOutcome;

pub use browser::ActionStatus;

pub use browser::ActionVerificationEvidence;

pub use browser::BrowserResult;

pub use browser::BrowserSession;

pub use browser::KnowledgeAssessment;

pub use browser::KnowledgeAssessmentSignal;

pub use browser::KnowledgeAssessmentStatus;

pub use browser::KnowledgeConfidence;

pub use browser::KnowledgeInvalidation;

pub use browser::KnowledgeLifecycleEvent;

pub use browser::KnowledgeLookupContext;

pub use browser::KnowledgeLookupOptions;

pub use browser::KnowledgeObservationMode;

pub use browser::KnowledgeObservationReport;

pub use browser::KnowledgeProfileScope;

pub use browser::KnowledgePurgeResult;

pub use browser::KnowledgeRecord;

pub use browser::KnowledgeRecordBuildOptions;

pub use browser::KnowledgeRecordKind;

pub use browser::KnowledgeScope;

pub use browser::KnowledgeSignalKind;

pub use browser::KnowledgeSource;

pub use browser::KnowledgeStore;

pub use browser::KnowledgeStoreChange;

pub use browser::KnowledgeStoreError;

pub use browser::KnowledgeStoreLimits;

pub use browser::KnowledgeStoreSnapshot;

pub use browser::KnowledgeStoreStats;

pub use browser::KnowledgeValidationError;

pub use browser::NavigationOutcome;

pub use browser::PageInfo;

pub use browser::SessionOptions;

pub use browser::SessionOptionsBuilder;

pub use browser::WORKFLOW_SCHEMA_VERSION;

pub use browser::WorkflowBudgets;

pub use browser::WorkflowCheckpoint;

pub use browser::WorkflowCheckpointPage;

pub use browser::WorkflowCheckpointStep;

pub use browser::WorkflowDefinition;

pub use browser::WorkflowInput;

pub use browser::WorkflowOutput;

pub use browser::WorkflowOutputDeclaration;

pub use browser::WorkflowOutputSource;

pub use browser::WorkflowResumeError;

pub use browser::WorkflowResumePlan;

pub use browser::WorkflowRunResult;

pub use browser::WorkflowRunStatus;

pub use browser::WorkflowStep;

pub use browser::WorkflowStepRecord;

pub use browser::WorkflowStepState;

pub use browser::WorkflowTerminalProof;

pub use browser::WorkflowTrace;

pub use browser::WorkflowTraceEvent;

pub use browser::WorkflowTransactionClass;

pub use browser::WorkflowValidationError;

pub use browser::WorkflowValueType;

Modules

browser

Browser control modules and the reusable browser::BrowserSession API.

capabilities

Versioned Glass protocol and capability negotiation. Versioned Glass protocol and capability negotiation.

cli

Command-line argument definitions and dispatch helpers. CLI argument parsing and command dispatch.

daemon

Local Unix-socket daemon lifecycle and MCP bridge. Local Unix-socket daemon lifecycle and client bridge.

extensions

Validated extension metadata and permission boundaries. Validated extension metadata and least-privilege permissions.

mcp

MCP stdio server, prompts, resources, and tool dispatch. Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.

protocol

Transport-neutral versioned request and response envelopes. Transport-neutral Glass request and response envelopes.

reliability

Versioned browser-free reliability scenario contracts. Browser-free reliability scenario contracts.

reliability_runner

Bounded browser execution for reliability scenarios and replay evidence. Bounded browser execution for versioned reliability scenarios.

tui

Ratatui terminal interface. Terminal user interface (Ratatui).