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Cloudflare Builds a Browser That Doesn't Care About Your Extensions or Smooth Scrolling

tldr / tech 1d ago 7

Cloudflare announces Kitesurf, an agent-first browser that runs entirely on Cloudflare Workers using V8 isolates and Rust compiled to WebAssembly. Unlike Chromium, which was built for humans and carries heavy overhead, Kitesurf is optimized for what AI agents actually need: structured content, low memory/CPU usage, scalability, and cost efficiency — while ignoring tabs, themes, and pixel-perfect rendering. The team used Web Platform Tests and Puppeteer comparisons against Chromium to ensure quality, and leveraged AI agents themselves to accelerate development. It's available free in beta via Browser Run.

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