Lightpanda 1.0 ships as lightweight headless browser exits beta

Lightpanda, an open-source headless browser written from scratch in Zig, has reached version 1.0 after two years of development and over 10,000 commits. Built for automation, scraping and AI agents, it passes 1,739,845 Web Platform Tests subtests (about 80% of Chrome) and claims up to 9x faster execution and 16x lower memory use in some workloads.

• 1,739,845 Web Platform Tests subtests passed, up from 2,645 in November 2024
• Claims up to 9x faster execution and 16x lower memory use
• CORS enforced by default, plus protection against credential leaks on redirects
• Works with Puppeteer, Playwright, Selenium and ChromeDP; AGPL-3.0 licensed