Compare

Anti-detect browser alternatives

How Clearcote — open source, engine-level, Chromium — stacks up against other anti-detect browsers. Honest comparisons, and a clear case for when Clearcote is the right pick.

Last updated 6 October 2026

Anti-detect browsers compared with Clearcote, by engine and licence
Tool	Engine	Licence	Comparison
Clearcote	De-Googled Chromium	Open build BSD-3; latest build adds private patches	this project
Camoufox	Firefox	Open source (MPL-2.0)	Compare
CloakBrowser	Chromium (closed-source binary)	Wrapper MIT; stealth binary closed	Compare
undetected-chromedriver	Stock Chrome (Selenium)	Open source (GPL-3.0)	Compare
nodriver	Stock Chrome (direct CDP)	Open source (AGPL-3.0)	Compare
puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth	Stock Chrome (JS evasions)	Open source (MIT)	Compare
playwright-stealth	Stock Chromium (JS evasions)	Open source (MIT)	Compare
Patchright	Stock Chrome / Chromium (patched Playwright driver)	Open source (Apache-2.0)	Compare
selenium-stealth	Stock Chrome (Selenium + JS evasions)	Open source (MIT)	Compare
SeleniumBase	Stock Chrome (UC Mode / CDP Mode)	Open source (MIT)	Compare
Zendriver	Stock Chrome (direct CDP)	Open source (AGPL-3.0)	Compare
rebrowser-patches	Stock Chrome (patched Puppeteer / Playwright)	Open source (MIT patches; Apache-2.0 builds)	Compare
Multilogin	Chromium (Mimic, closed)	Closed source / subscription	Compare
GoLogin	Chromium (Orbita, closed)	Closed engine; open SDKs	Compare
Kameleo	Chromium + Firefox (closed)	Closed engine; open SDKs	Compare
Dolphin Anty	Chromium-based (closed)	Closed source / subscription	Compare
AdsPower	Chromium + Firefox (closed)	Closed source / freemium	Compare
Fortress	Chromium	Source-available since v3; earlier releases BSD-3	Compare

Clearcote vs Camoufox

Firefox · Open source (MPL-2.0)

Camoufox is a well-built open-source anti-detect browser, on Firefox. Clearcote takes the same engine-level approach to Chromium, so your automation presents the browser about 66% of the web actually uses instead of one used by about 3%.

Clearcote vs CloakBrowser

Chromium (closed-source binary) · Wrapper MIT; stealth binary closed

CloakBrowser is a capable engine-level stealth Chromium with a large following, but the patched binary is closed source. Clearcote is engine-level too, runs a newer Chromium, and ships an open build whose every patch you can read and rebuild.

Clearcote vs undetected-chromedriver

Stock Chrome (Selenium) · Open source (GPL-3.0)

undetected-chromedriver is still downloaded about 2 million times a month, but its last release was in February 2024. It hides the Selenium/ChromeDriver seam on a stock Chrome and never touches the fingerprint or the network layer. Clearcote changes both in the engine.

Clearcote vs nodriver

Stock Chrome (direct CDP) · Open source (AGPL-3.0)

nodriver is the successor to undetected-chromedriver: fast, async, no Selenium, straight CDP. But it still drives a stock Chrome, so the fingerprint is your machine's. Clearcote keeps the CDP-first ergonomics and changes the fingerprint and TLS in the engine.

Clearcote vs puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth

Stock Chrome (JS evasions) · Open source (MIT)

The stealth plugin is still the most-installed way to bolt evasions onto Puppeteer, at more than a million downloads a week, but it hasn't had a release since March 2023. Every evasion is a JavaScript patch on a stock Chrome, and JavaScript patches reveal themselves. Clearcote sets those values natively in the engine.

Clearcote vs playwright-stealth

Stock Chromium (JS evasions) · Open source (MIT)

playwright-stealth is the quickest way to add stealth to Playwright in Python: one wrapper and every page gets a set of JavaScript evasions. But the evasions are overrides on a stock browser, and its own maintainer calls it a proof of concept. Clearcote sets those values natively in the engine instead, so there is no override for a page to find.

Clearcote vs Patchright

Stock Chrome / Chromium (patched Playwright driver) · Open source (Apache-2.0)

Patchright is the best-maintained patched Playwright around: a drop-in replacement that removes the driver's automation leaks. It does not change the browser itself, so the fingerprint a site reads is still your machine's. Clearcote works one layer down, in the engine, and the two combine.

Clearcote vs selenium-stealth

Stock Chrome (Selenium + JS evasions) · Open source (MIT)

selenium-stealth still gets downloaded hundreds of thousands of times a month, but its last release was in 2020. It overrides a few values with JavaScript and asks you to type the GPU and platform in by hand. Clearcote generates the whole identity inside the engine, so the values agree with each other and with the network.

Clearcote vs SeleniumBase

Stock Chrome (UC Mode / CDP Mode) · Open source (MIT)

SeleniumBase is a big, well-maintained Python automation framework, and its UC and CDP modes are the most active stealth option in the Selenium world. They change how the browser is driven, not what it reports: the fingerprint is still your machine's. Clearcote changes it in the engine, and SeleniumBase can run on top of it.

Clearcote vs Zendriver

Stock Chrome (direct CDP) · Open source (AGPL-3.0)

Zendriver is the community fork of nodriver: fast, async, CDP-only, with open issues and Docker support. Like nodriver it drives a stock Chrome, so the fingerprint is still your machine's. Clearcote changes that fingerprint in the engine, and Zendriver can drive it.

Clearcote vs rebrowser-patches

Stock Chrome (patched Puppeteer / Playwright) · Open source (MIT patches; Apache-2.0 builds)

rebrowser-patches did important work on Puppeteer and Playwright's Runtime.enable leak, and its bot-detector page is still a useful test. But the patched packages were last released in May 2025 and only cover the driver. Clearcote handles the CDP side at launch and in the engine, and changes the fingerprint too.

Clearcote vs Multilogin

Chromium (Mimic, closed) · Closed source / subscription

Multilogin is a mature, team-focused anti-detect platform, now with a free plan and an API on every paid plan. It is still a closed product priced by profile count. Clearcote is engine-level, has an open build you can audit, and treats code as the main way in.

Clearcote vs GoLogin

Chromium (Orbita, closed) · Closed engine; open SDKs

GoLogin is a popular, inexpensive GUI anti-detect browser with cloud-synced profiles and a rate-limited API. Clearcote runs the same Playwright and Puppeteer automation on a newer, engine-level Chromium, on your own machines or as hosted browsers.

Clearcote vs Kameleo

Chromium + Firefox (closed) · Closed engine; open SDKs

Kameleo is the most automation-first of the commercial anti-detect browsers: a clean Local API, SDKs in three languages, Docker, headless on every plan, and now a free plan. Clearcote matches that workflow with an engine you can audit and no vendor cloud in the loop.

Clearcote vs Dolphin Anty

Chromium-based (closed) · Closed source / subscription

Dolphin Anty is a GUI anti-detect browser popular with affiliate and media-buying teams, and inexpensive to start. Its automation needs the desktop app running on a machine with a GUI. Clearcote is engine-level, runs on servers and in Docker, and has an open build.

Clearcote vs AdsPower

Chromium + Firefox (closed) · Closed source / freemium

AdsPower is a feature-rich fingerprint browser with two kernels, a CLI and Docker image, and a new in-app AI agent. The engine is closed and automation is priced by profiles and seats. Clearcote gives you an auditable engine you drive straight from code.

Clearcote vs Fortress

Chromium · Source-available since v3; earlier releases BSD-3

Fortress is an engine-level stealth Chromium you drive over CDP, source-available since v3 and paid in production above a funding or revenue threshold. Clearcote is engine-level Chromium too, with a BSD-3 open build, SDKs that return Playwright objects, and one price whatever your company's funding or revenue.

New to the space? Start with what an anti-detect browser is or the research deep-dives.