PinchTab ships a 12MB Go browser-control binary for AI agents, with HTTP API and token-saving diff mode
Shruti_0810 · x · 2026-07-26
PinchTab is positioning itself as a browser control layer for AI agents: a single 12MB Go binary with a plain HTTP API, no SDK lock-in, and support for Chrome automation, persistent sessions, accessibility-first DOM access, stealth mode, and multi-instance management.
The pitch is that browser snapshots via /text cost about 800 tokens versus roughly 10,000 tokens for screenshots, and diff mode only returns what changed. The result, according to the post, is dramatically lower token usage for monitoring or browsing workflows, with the project now at 1,600+ GitHub stars, 478 commits, 15 releases, and fully open source.
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