What is chromium-bridge?
chromium-bridge is a MCP server by dashi96 that control Chromium-based browsers such as Arc, Vivaldi and Brave via an extension: navigate, click, read pages, run JavaScript and record GIFs. It is listed under Browser & web and has 10 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | dashi96 |
| Repository | dashi96/chromium-bridge |
| Popularity | 10 GitHub stars |
| Category | Browser & web |
| Security | Low risk (84/100) |
| Rank | #1,699 of 4,418 MCP servers; #157 in Browser & web |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-09-25 |
| Runs | Locally |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux |
Is chromium-bridge safe to install?
chromium-bridge scores 84/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. Things to review: can take actions such as send, write or deploy. It passed 4 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Runs on your machine only | Pass |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Can take actions such as send, write or deploy | Review |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install chromium-bridge?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/dashi96/chromium-bridge
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add chromium-bridge -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http chromium-bridge <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs chromium-bridge for you:
Add the "chromium-bridge" MCP server from https://github.com/dashi96/chromium-bridge to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.