# Install cloakbrowser with npm

Stealth Chromium that passes every bot detection test. Drop-in Playwright/Puppeteer replacement with source-level fingerprint patches. Version 0.5.3 via npm; verified 2026-07-30.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:cloakbrowser
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g cloakbrowser
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:cloakbrowser
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/cloakbrowser>
- **Version:** 0.5.3
- **Source summary:** Stealth Chromium that passes every bot detection test. Drop-in Playwright/Puppeteer replacement with source-level fingerprint patches.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/CloakHQ/cloakbrowser#javascript--nodejs>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/CloakHQ/cloakbrowser>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/CloakHQ/cloakbrowser#javascript--nodejs>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/cloakbrowser/-/cloakbrowser-0.5.3.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/CloakHQ/cloakbrowser/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-30T01:18:58.205Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-30T01:18:58.205Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- cloakbrowser (cli)
- cloakbrowser (alias)

## Dependencies

- tar

## Build dependencies

- @types/node
- mmdb-lib
- playwright-core
- puppeteer-core
- socks-proxy-agent
- typescript
- vitest

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 0.5.3
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-30
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/CloakHQ/cloakbrowser
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for cloakbrowser. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 0.5.3
- **Version Count:** 64
- **Maintainers:** cloakhq
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >=20.0.0
- **Peer Dependencies:** mmdb-lib, playwright-core, puppeteer-core, socks-proxy-agent
- **Integrity:** sha512-awxjoA3y+id0H9m9278GXftCkgcRcJSWu9D1Oc5E76L063GyMkNbTii8ZCrEQ4zA7b3H3zjRWF+HCtwpHwrsrw==
- **Shasum:** 28e2689f973b3de210d538b937e881c3849a2af0
- **Unpacked Size:** 651,688
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2026-02-23T18:41:25.809Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-30T01:18:58.205Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-30T01:18:58.551Z


## Related links

- [Security and crypto packages](https://pkg.so/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [rebrowser-puppeteer](https://pkg.so/npm/rebrowser-puppeteer/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: automation, bot, bot-detection, browser, chromium.
- [anti-trojan-source](https://pkg.so/npm/anti-trojan-source/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: anti, cli, detect, security, source.
- [katana](https://pkg.so/brew/katana/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: automation, browser, cli, security, web.

## Sources

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