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description: Kitesurf is a new stateless browser that runs entirely on Workers and is built for AI agents. It is available for free while in beta.
title: Introducing Kitesurf, an agent-first browser on Browser Run
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-08-06-kitesurf/og.png?v=3985092c1aff85fa
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August 6, 2026

## Introducing Kitesurf, an agent-first browser on Browser Run

[Browser Run](https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-run/)

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[Kitesurf](https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-run/kitesurf/) is Cloudflare's new stateless, highly scalable browser that runs entirely on top of [Workers](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/) and is designed for AI agents. It is available for free while in beta.

Compared to Chromium, Kitesurf uses 3–7× less CPU and memory for common agentic tasks like screenshots and HTML extraction, so you can run more sessions and scale better for bursty, AI-driven workloads.

Your existing clients already work. To opt in, add the `browser=kitesurf` parameter to any Browser Run [CDP](https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-run/cdp/) or [Quick Action](https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-run/quick-actions/) endpoint:

```sh
curl -X POST 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/browser-run/screenshot?browser=kitesurf' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://example.com"
  }' \
  --output "screenshot.png"
```

You can also explore Kitesurf without writing any code in the [public playground ↗︎](https://kitesurf.cloudflare.app/).

For more information, refer to the [Kitesurf documentation](https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-run/kitesurf/) and the [blog announcement ↗︎](https://blog.cloudflare.com/kitesurf).

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