Article may be outdated

This article is 10 days old. Some details may have changed since publication.

Hacker News·2 min read·hard

Show HN: Fortress – a stealth Chromium so your agents stop getting blocked

A
arhamshahrier
Show HN: Fortress – a stealth Chromium so your agents stop getting blocked
AI Summary

Fortress is a new stealth Chromium engine designed to help web scrapers and browser agents bypass bot detection systems. By patching the browser's native code to present a human-like fingerprint, it allows automated tools to operate without being blocked by services like Cloudflare.

Fortress is a stealth Chromium engine that stops your scrapers and browser agents from getting blocked, with one line of code change. Bot detectors flag automation by reading the browser fingerprint; Fortress corrects that fingerprint inside Chromium's C++, so the browser presents as an ordinary Chrome install. Scrapers finish their runs, agents reach the pages they were sent to, and CreepJS, Sannysoft, BrowserScan, and live Cloudflare Turnstile all read it as human. Point your existing Playwright or Puppeteer at Fortress over CDP, and nothing else in your code changes.

Continue reading on Headlinne

Create a free account to read the full article.

Read full article →
technologystartups

Get the full story

Sign up for Headlinne to unlock AI insights, political bias analysis, and your personalized news feed.

Create free account

Already have an account? Sign in