Puppeteer
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
1recommend
2warn against
Nov 17, 2025first mention
Jun 10, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“We've already got tons of alternatives to it (Playwright, Puppeteer, etc.).”
Caveats and dissent
“you're shipping a 300MB Chrome binary, cold starts are 2-5 seconds”
“It was slow (1-5s), 200MB+, and crashed.”
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
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All comments 4
“We've already got tons of alternatives to it (Playwright, Puppeteer, etc.).”
“you're shipping a 300MB Chrome binary, cold starts are 2-5 seconds”
“It was slow (1-5s), 200MB+, and crashed.”
“I did end up going with Puppeteer because I needed it for something else that I couldn't avoid.”