moli vs page-agent
page-agent is much bigger: 29.2k stars against 2.2k. Over the days we have tracked them moli moved +129.1% and page-agent +18.8%, so moli is growing faster right now.
They split the axes: moli leads on noise control, page-agent on model freedom.
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
A standalone, Rust-built, DOM-first headless browser that performs on-demand layout and rendering to minimize resource use for AI agent workloads compared with Chromium-based engines.
- Stars
- 2.2k
- Tracked growth
- +129.1%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 40m ago
- Language
- Rust
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Cost to run
- Free, local binary
An in-page GUI agent that runs entirely inside any web page with a single script, no extension or headless browser required.
- Stars
- 29.2k
- Tracked growth
- +18.8%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 16h ago
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Demo testing LLM available; otherwise use your API 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 | moli | page-agent |
|---|---|---|
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 insight | ●●●●● Single-page only |
Noise control How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only. | ●●●●● Opt-in controls | ●●●●● No noise controls |
Customization How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config. | ●●●●● CLI options | ●●●●● Config options |
Privacy Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only. | ●●●●● Runs locally | ●●●●● Self-hostable |
Model freedom Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one. | ●●●●● No model support | ●●●●● Bring-your-own-key |
Setup ease What it takes to get a first useful run out of it. | ●●●●● One-line install | ●●●●● One-line integration |
Which one to pick
Pick moli if…
Resource-efficient — choose Moli when you need a lightweight, local headless browser optimized for agent workflows with full automation protocols and on-demand visual rendering.
- Noise control: Opt-in controls (3/5 against 1/5)
Pick page-agent if…
Easy integration — one-line in-page script to add an AI copilot to any web app, with support for your own and locally deployed models.
- Model freedom: Bring-your-own-key (5/5 against 1/5)
What people want from each one
lexmount/moli
alibaba/page-agent
Hacker News: Page-Agent.js: The GUI Agent Living in Your Webpage drew 3 points and 0 comments.
Questions people ask
Is moli better than page-agent?
They split the axes: moli leads on noise control, page-agent on model freedom. moli is worth picking when resource-efficient — choose Moli when you need a lightweight, local headless browser optimized for agent workflows with full automation protocols and on-demand visual rendering.
Which of moli and page-agent keeps my code private?
moli: Runs locally (5/5). page-agent: Self-hostable (4/5).
What does each one cost to run?
moli: Free, local binary. page-agent: Demo testing LLM available; otherwise use your API key.
Full profiles: lexmount/moli and alibaba/page-agent. Everything else in Browser agents.