Nxtscape ("next-scape") is an open-source agentic browser – your privacy-first alternative to closed-source browsers (like Arc, Dia, Perplexity Comet). Built on Chromium, Nxtscape lets you run Manus like agents locally and boost your productivity with an AI-sidekick.
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We believe the future is AI agents automating your work, and we want to be the open source browser that can do it locally and securely instead of sending your data to a search or ad company.
For the first time since Netscape in 1994, it feels like we can reimagine browsers from scratch. The browser of tomorrow might not look like what we have today! That's why we're building Nxtscape - an open-source, agentic browser for the next era.
We saw how tools like Cursor gave developers a 10x productivity boost, yet the browser—where we spend our entire day—feels stuck and we're constantly fighting it. I constantly have 70+ tabs open and lose track of them. Can't AI help group or close them? Simple workflows, like "order Tide Pods from my Amazon order history," should just work with agents right now. And form-filling is another huge pain that AI should be able to solve.
Imagine a browser that:
- Manages your tabs with AI - groups them, closes the old ones, keeps you organized
- Finds anything you've seen before instantly ("that article about AI I read last week")
- Automates repetitive tasks - let agents do the boring stuff while you focus on what matters
- Guards your privacy like a watchdog - your data stays yours, always
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- 🏠 Feels like home - works with all your Chrome extensions
- 🤖 AI agents that run on YOUR browser, not in the cloud
- 🔒 Privacy first - bring your own keys or use local models with Ollama. Your browsing history stays on your computer
- 🚀 Open source and community driven - see exactly what's happening under the hood
- 🤝 (coming soon) MCP store to one-click install popular MCPs and use them directly in the browser bar
- 🛡️ (coming soon) Built-in AI ad blocker that works across more scenarios!
Simply put: more control. It's a similar reason to why Cursor forked. For example, Chrome has something called the Accessibility Tree - a cleaner, more semantic version of a webpage's DOM that screen readers use. This is perfect for AI agents to understand pages, but you can't access it through Chrome's extension APIs. There are many similar limitations that made forking a better choice than building an extension.
We know there are other browsers. Here's why Nxtscape stands out:
While we're grateful for Google open-sourcing Chromium, the Chrome browser hasn't evolved much over the last 10 years and it lacks meaningful AI features (agentic automation, MCP support, ...).
We love what Brave started, but they've spread themselves too thin with crypto, search, VPNs, and other projects. Nxtscape is laser-focused on building the best AI-powered, productivity-focused, private browser. We want to bring you latest AI features sooner, like agentic automation and integrating MCP!
Many loved Arc, but it was closed source. When the company abandoned it, users were left behind. That will never happen with Nxtscape. We are 100% open source. If you don't like the direction we're going, you or the community can fork the code and build your own version. Power to the people!
Perplexity is a search company. Your browser history will likely be used for ad targeting eventually. We are NOT a search company. If you're switching from Chrome, choose a truly privacy-first browser instead of another data collector. Choose Nxtscape.
Nxtscape is open source! We believe in building with our community. Let us know what features you want!
Nxtscape is inspired by these amazing open-source projects: browser-use, Nanobrowser, and Stagehand and of course wouldn't have been possible without Chromium. Grateful to the open-source community!
Nxtscape is licensed under AGPL-3.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.