About Steel
Steel is an open source browser API for AI agents. It lets developers start and control many browsers in the cloud at the same time.
What it does
Steel starts browser sessions quickly and releases them when the work finishes. Agents can navigate, click and type through the web, then return what they found. The site says the platform runs millions of browser sessions every week, and the code is public on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Key features
- Cloud browser sessions started in seconds
- Clicks, typing and navigation for agents
- Scraping and form filling use cases
- Parallel sessions for research jobs
- Open source server code on GitHub
Who it's for
Developers building scraping, research and automation tools that need many real browsers at once. Teams that want to run their own browser fleet can also use the open source code as a base.
Pricing and good to know
The project is open source under Apache 2.0. A hosted version has a start for free option, and the site lists a contact-sales route for larger needs. Check how the hosted sessions are billed before you run a large job, since volume changes the cost.
Highlights
- Start cloud browser sessions in seconds
- Let agents click, type and navigate
- Run many sessions in parallel
- Scrape pages that need a real browser
- Use the open source code yourself
