Lightpanda

Lightpanda 1.0 is out ⚡

The browser we built from scratch for machines is out of beta and ready for production.

> 10K commits
> 1.7M passing Web Platform Tests subtests

The full story: lightpanda.io/blog/posts/lig…

Lightpanda 1.0.4 is out:

> Multiple pages per CDP connection
> --wait-until settled (experimental): waits for the work that can still change the page
> CKEditor, Slate, Draft.js take typed input
> CSS animation events, opt-in with --experimental-features animation
> ClipboardEvent, getTargetRanges
> New popups tool

Release notes in comments

Lightpanda agent + StartLux decision local model vs Claude Haiku

Look forward to testing with llmd @zml_ai 🫡

Lightpanda 1.0.3 is out:

> WebMCP: agents can see and call the tools a site publishes for them (video: openai.com’s own search)
> Compiled scripts cached, 10% faster faster V8 ↔ Zig calls
> fetch --dump markdown asks sites for markdown first and keeps it as-is
> CDP: full accessibility tree including shadow DOM, mouse drags, file downloads
> Playwright: focus() and selectOption() now fire React’s onFocus and onChange, so form filling works on React sites
> MCP: run a PandaScript, download to disk, microdata in structured data

Release notes in comments

Lightpanda x @zml_ai llmd: a fully local agent in Zig.

> Lightpanda for the browser
> ZML-llmd for the model server

1.7B model, one MacBook, no cloud.

Find a Pac-Man costume 👻

> Lightpanda: 1:50, 107MB, 3 results
> Chrome: 5:09, 1.8GB, no result