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Automa

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Description

Automa is an open-source browser automation extension that lets you chain visual blocks to auto-fill forms, scrape websites, schedule repetitive tasks, and build browser workflows without coding.

Key Features

  • Visual block builder - drag-and-drop triggers, actions, and data-flow nodes
  • Auto form filling - batch fill form fields based on rules or data sources
  • Web scraping - extract text, attributes, and tables, export to CSV/JSON
  • Scheduled and event-driven execution - trigger workflows by time or events
  • Workflow marketplace - share and download community-built automation templates
  • Cross-browser support - works as an extension on both Chrome and Firefox

Use Cases

💡 Automate repetitive web tasks to save time
💡 Scrape structured data from e-commerce or news sites
💡 Auto-fill daily forms and registration pages
💡 Schedule social media posts or data backups
💡 Provide a browser-automation frontend for AI agents

Strengths & Limitations

✅ Strengths

  • • High community interest (21.6k stars)
  • • Established track record (4 years in production)

⚠️ Limitations

  • • No clear open-source license

Tags

browser-automation chrome-extension workflow scraping no-code

Categories

🌐 Browser Agent

Quick Start

# Install from the Chrome Web Store
# https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/automa/infppggnoaenmfagbfknfkancpbljcca

# Or build locally
pnpm install
pnpm dev
pnpm build

# Load the unpacked extension via chrome://extensions with Developer Mode enabled
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