Joel Griffith - Browserless

Joel Griffith - Browserless

From devtools.fm: Developer Tools, Open Source, Software Development by Andrew Lisowski, Justin Bennett

February 16, 2026 · 52 min · Season 1 · Episode 165

About this episode

Joel Griffith discusses Browserless, a browser automation service, and the future of browser automation.

This week we're joined by Joel Griffith, the founder and CEO of Browserless. Browserless is a browser automation service that allows you to run headless browsers in the cloud. We talk about the challenges of running headless browsers at scale, the use cases for browser automation, and the future of browser automation. We also discuss the BrowserQL feature, which allows you to query the web using a SQL-like language. Website: browserless.io Documentation: docs.browserless.io GitHub: github.com/browserless/browserless (12.3k stars) GitHub (Personal): github.com/joelgriffith Twitter/X: @browserless LinkedIn: Joel Griffith

People in this episode

Hosts: Andrew Lisowski, Justin Bennett

Guest: Joel Griffith

Topics covered

  • browser automation
  • headless browsers
  • cloud services
  • BrowserQL
  • software development

Keywords

  • browser automation
  • headless browsers
  • BrowserQL
  • cloud
  • software development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Browserless, GitHub, Twitter/X, LinkedIn

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