AIHawk vs aihawk_mcp_server
The two are close in size: 32.2k stars for AIHawk, 32.2k for aihawk_mcp_server. Over the days we have tracked them AIHawk moved +6.2% and aihawk_mcp_server +1.8%, so AIHawk is growing faster right now.
Neither one leads on the six capability axes, so the choice comes down to which of them fits the way you already work.
Stars and commit dates come from our own daily tracking. The six axes are read off each project's documentation by our review pipeline, so they describe what a project says about itself, not what we measured in its code.
Where they stand today
Drives a real, patched Firefox browser over MCP or OpenRouter so the agent can click, type and read actual web pages for automation rather than relying on APIs or scraped data.
- Stars
- 32.2k
- Tracked growth
- +6.2%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 16h ago
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Your OpenRouter API key or assistant-provided model
An anti-detect, human-like web-browsing agent that runs locally and drives pages (pointer movement, keystrokes) to avoid captchas and blocks while exposing an MCP server.
- Stars
- 32.2k
- Tracked growth
- +1.8%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 16h ago
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Your OpenRouter key
Six axes, head to head
Each axis runs 0 to 5. The label under a score is what that project's own docs claim, not a category average.
| Axis | AIHawk | aihawk_mcp_server |
|---|---|---|
Context depth How much of your codebase it sees before it answers: the open diff, the diff plus related files, or the whole repository. | ●●●●● No repo access | ●●●●● Diff only |
Noise control How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only. | ●●●●● None mentioned | ●●●●● None mentioned |
Customization How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config. | ●●●●● Config & flags | ●●●●● Config flags & .env |
Privacy Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only. | ●●●●● Cloud API key | ●●●●● Self-hosted run |
Model freedom Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one. | ●●●●● OpenRouter / MCP | ●●●●● OpenRouter + MCP |
Setup ease What it takes to get a first useful run out of it. | ●●●●● Config + API key | ●●●●● One command + key |
Which one to pick
Pick AIHawk if…
Real browser automation — pick AIHawk when you need an agent that interacts with complex web pages (mouse, keyboard, real page rendering) and can integrate with your assistant or OpenRouter.
Pick aihawk_mcp_server if…
Run locally — when you need a controllable, anti-detect browser agent that simulates human interaction and can be plugged into assistants or a local web UI.
What people want from each one
feder-cr/aihawk_mcp_server
Questions people ask
Is AIHawk better than aihawk_mcp_server?
Neither one leads on the six capability axes, so the choice comes down to which of them fits the way you already work. AIHawk is worth picking when real browser automation — pick AIHawk when you need an agent that interacts with complex web pages (mouse, keyboard, real page rendering) and can integrate with your assistant or OpenRouter.
Which of AIHawk and aihawk_mcp_server keeps my code private?
AIHawk: Cloud API key (3/5). aihawk_mcp_server: Self-hosted run (4/5).
What does each one cost to run?
AIHawk: Your OpenRouter API key or assistant-provided model. aihawk_mcp_server: Your OpenRouter key.
Full profiles: feder-cr/AIHawk and feder-cr/aihawk_mcp_server. Everything else in Browser agents.