browserless

The Headless Browser Service

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I wanted to solve the problem of running Chrome on a web server. I was tired of fighting to get Chrome running on AWS, Heroku, DigitalOcean... and keeping it running.

Joel Griffith Founder

💯 Customers hit!

We've just hit 100 paid subscribers! Truth be told we hit this milestone a while ago, but this is the first time we've served 100 concurrent subscribers!

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Things they don't teach you running a business by

I've recently wrote down a number of thinking points and topics to explore when you're considering (or in the middle of) starting your own business. Check it out at https://docs.browserless.io/blog/2018/08/01/running-an-indie-business.html

Things they don't teach you running a business by yourself · browserless docs

One of the most hotly talked about topics in tech right now is starting an indie business. What is an indie business? It's one where you, and maybe a co-founder, attempt to start a business with no investor funding or large external influence. It goes by many names: boot-strapped, solo-founded, self-funded, indie-hackers...etc... and it's pretty hot right now! Which is why we see a proliferation of sites like IndieHackers and posts on Hacker News (frequently making it the front-page). While I think it's an exciting venture to take part of, I don't think it's for everybody. There's a reason that folks seek employment over entrepreneurship, and we often forget these points when we see how "Joe Schmoe" went from an individual-contributor role to making $50k/mo with his side-hustle selling artisanal crayons out of his basement. Also, spoiler-alert, that kind of growth is an outlier, and not something to expect or bet on. A large amount of these run-away success stories are backed by years…

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Listen to us on the codepen.io podcast!

We recently had the opportunity to talk with the codepen.io team, and how they're using browserless, so give it a listen: https://blog.codepen.io/2018/07/10/182-browserless/

CodePen

A front end web development playground.

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We've hit 2M sessions!

Observations running 2 million headless sessions · browserless

We're excited to announce that we've recently just crossed over **2 million sessions served**! That's _millions_ of screenshots generated, PDF's printed, and websites tested. We've done just about everything you can think of with a headless browser.

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Indie Hackers interview

Read about the first few months of browserless!

How I've Grown My Headless Browser Business to $1,000/mo - Indie Hackers

Hey friends! I'm Joel Griffith, founder of browserless. I'm a full-time software engineer, married father of two, failed jazz trumpet player, and a solo...

indiehackers.com

Launched

I launched Browserless!

I wanted to solve the problem of running Chrome on a web server. I was tired of fighting to get Chrome running on AWS, Heroku, DigitalOcean... and keeping it running.

Joel Griffith Founder