# rodney: CLI tool for interacting with the web

<https://github.com/simonw/rodney>

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- Saved: February 19, 2026 (2026-02-19T18:51:09Z)
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## What Jamie wrote

Simon Willison's Go CLI for scripting headless Chrome — persistent browser process, shell-friendly commands for navigation, JS eval, clicks, and more. Solid option for shell-based browser automation without Python/Playwright overhead. Pull quote: "Each CLI invocation is a short-lived process. Chrome runs independently and tabs persist between commands."

## Facts

- Kind: [Repository](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/repository/)
- Repository: simonw/rodney: CLI tool for interacting with the web
- About the repository: Go, 763 stars, Apache-2.0, last push March 12, 2026

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