It has a free plan and paid plans, according to its own description.

Do I need to know how to code to use Stagehand?

Yes. You need to write code to use it.

What does Stagehand work with?

According to its own documentation, it works with Claude Code, Codex, Mastra, Vercel AI SDK, Playwright, and Browserbase.

What is Stagehand good for?

Automating clicks and form fills on websites, extracting structured data from web pages, keeping a browser signed in between automated runs, and giving a coding agent access to a browser.

Stagehand

Stagehand is a code library that lets AI agents use websites in a browser and pull structured data from them for developers.

What it is good for

Automating clicks and form fills on websites
Extracting structured data from web pages
Keeping a browser signed in between automated runs
Giving a coding agent access to a browser

At a glance

Who it is for

Setup

Requires programming

Level 5 of 5. You need to write code to use it.

Cost

Free tier plus paid plans

Type

Framework or SDK

Tasks

Works with

Claude Code, Codex, Mastra, Vercel AI SDK, Playwright, Browserbase

Momentum

Rank this week: Not ranked yet
Best rank: None yet
GitHub stars: 25,902

GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.

GitHub stars for Stagehand: 25,264 on Sep 24, 2026, 25,902 on Nov 2, 2026. Source: GitHub.

Official links

Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.

Questions

Is Stagehand free?: It has a free plan and paid plans, according to its own description.
Do I need to know how to code to use Stagehand?: Yes. You need to write code to use it.
What does Stagehand work with?: According to its own documentation, it works with Claude Code, Codex, Mastra, Vercel AI SDK, Playwright, and Browserbase.
What is Stagehand good for?: Automating clicks and form fills on websites, extracting structured data from web pages, keeping a browser signed in between automated runs, and giving a coding agent access to a browser.

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